A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/02/25 / 2025-02-07 16:46:56 / February 7, 2025 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:46:56 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 120.5429 East, latitude 23.1911 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pc54. Id of event: us7000pc54. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Zhongxing New Village, Nantou. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 11 km NE of Yujing, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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