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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Su’ao in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.46S, 121.71WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Su’ao in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 00:46:20 / November 3, 2015 @ 12:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.5 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10003xqb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003xqb. The temblor was picked up at 08:46:20 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.71° East, 24.46° North, depth 53.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hsinchu, Keelung (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SW of Su’ao, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.71° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.46° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SW of Su'ao, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-03 00:46:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-12 05:46:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 271 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003xqb Id of event.
Event Code 10003xqb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003xqb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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