A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.582 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 17:39:05 / February 9, 2025 @ 5:39 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pci6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pci6. Exact location of event, depth 14.582 km, 120.4702° East, 23.2695° North. The temblor was reported at 17:39:05 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taitung City, Zhongxing New Village, Nantou (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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 16 km N of Yujing, Taiwan.
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