A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 30/01/25 / 2025-01-30 02:11:53 / January 30, 2025 @ 2:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.5518° East, 23.1832° North. Unique identifier: us7000p9yj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p9yj. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:11:53 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ma-kung, Puli, Zhongxing New Village. Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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