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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Hualian in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.0759S, 122.3087WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.7 km (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ayec. Unique identifier: us1000ayec. The temblor was picked up at 07:15:44 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.3087° East, 24.0759° North, depth 26.7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 23:15:44 / October 29, 2017 @ 11:15 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Hualian.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 72 km E of Hualian, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.3087° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0759° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km E of Hualian, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-29 23:15:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-29 23:46:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 369 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 0.659 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ayec Id of event.
Event Code 1000ayec An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ayec, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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