A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/25 / 2025-01-06 10:46:01 / January 6, 2025 @ 10:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.5642° East, latitude 24.4621° North, depth = 22.983 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:01 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pknc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pknc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.983 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Keelung, Hsinchu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km SSW of Yilan, Taiwan.
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