A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 02:30:27 / January 22, 2025 @ 2:30 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.883 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000pac1. Event ids that are associated: us7000pac1. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:30:27 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.0867 East, latitude 21.2783 North, depth = 31.883 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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