A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Exact location, longitude 121.9665° East, latitude 24.3448° North, depth = 12.061 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:54:56 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q66b. Id of event: us6000q66b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 08:54:56 / April 4, 2025 @ 8:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.061 km (7 miles).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Daxi, Keelung, Banqiao.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 50 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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