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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Yujing in Taiwan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 13:27:39 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 13:27:39 / March 5, 2025 @ 1:27 pm. Unique identifier: us6000px0z. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000px0z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.215 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 20.215 km, 120.5007° East, 23.1177° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhongxing New Village, Nantou, Taitung City (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.5007° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.1177° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.215 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-05 13:27:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-05 13:46:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	82	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.217	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	56	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000px0z	Id of event.
Event Code	6000px0z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000px0z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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