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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.1448S, 120.3604WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported Taiwan kilometers (0 miles) from Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:41:52 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 12:41:52 / July 11, 2018 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g2kb. Id of event: us2000g2kb. Exact location of earthquake, 120.3604° East, 23.1448° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ma-kung, Taitung City, Nantou (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 120.3604° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.1448° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-11 12:41:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-11 22:33:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 0.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000g2kb Id of event.
Event Code 2000g2kb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g2kb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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