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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 53 km ENE of Keelung, Taiwan


Earthquake location 25.3332S, 122.2205WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Keelung in Taiwan. Id of earthquake: us2000ka5b. Event ids that are associated: us2000ka5b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 14:19:18 / March 27, 2019 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 220.29 km (137 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:19:18 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.2205 East, latitude 25.3332 North, depth = 220.29 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Banqiao, Yilan, Taipei (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km ENE of Keelung, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.2205° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.3332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 220.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km ENE of Keelung, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-27 14:19:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-18 10:34:49 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 259 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 0.747 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us2000ka5b Id of event.
Event Code 2000ka5b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ka5b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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