A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.977 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pl11. Id of event: us6000pl11. Exact location of event, depth 16.977 km, 121.4586° East, 23.7531° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:28:06 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 02:28:06 / January 19, 2025 @ 2:28 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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