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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Hualian in Taiwan

Posted by admin on December 15, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.6653S, 122.1006WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.1006 East, latitude 23.6653 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000itxb. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itxb. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/18 / 2018-12-15 21:21:01 / December 15, 2018 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:21:01 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian. Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SE of Hualian, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.1006° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.6653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SE 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 2018-12-15 21:21:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-15 21:38:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 400 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 0.686 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us2000itxb Id of event.
Event Code 2000itxb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000itxb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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