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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Taiwan region


Earthquake location 23.9775S, 122.707WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Taiwan region kilometers (0 miles) from Taiwan region. The temblor was detected at 16:04:04 / 4:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hg5i. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hg5i. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.13 km (19 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/18 / 2018-10-23 16:04:04 / October 23, 2018 @ 4:04 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 122.707 East, latitude 23.9775 North, depth = 31.13 km.

The epicenter was 112 km (70 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: Taiwan region. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.707° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.9775° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Taiwan region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-23 16:04:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-23 16:29:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.69 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 501 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 0.561 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000hg5i Id of event.
Event Code 1000hg5i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hg5i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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