A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.1 km (14 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:37:36 / 3:37 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 earthquake, 121.8246° East, 24.2422° North, depth 22.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003jrf. Unique identifier: us20003jrf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 19:37:36 / September 15, 2015 @ 7:37 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hsinchu, Taoyuan City, Keelung. Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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