A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. Event id: us6000pmct. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmct. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 120.4278° East, latitude 23.1043° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 23:38:52 / January 25, 2025 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:52 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ma-kung, Zhongxing New Village, Nantou (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (34 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Yujing, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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