A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:02:47 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000pw02. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pw02. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.225 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.4223 East, latitude 23.2339 North, depth = 28.225 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 05:02:47 / February 28, 2025 @ 5:02 am.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Hualian, Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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