Strong earthquake: M6 quake has struck near Hualian in Taiwan

A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualian in Taiwan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 05:01:05 / April 18, 2019 @ 5:01 am. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6885 East, latitude 24.0659 North, depth = 10 km. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:01:05 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us700038c1. Unique identifier: us700038c1.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Keelung, Taoyuan City, Taipei (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 110 km (69 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. 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: 13 km NE of Hualian, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.6885° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.0659° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NE 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	2019-04-18 05:01:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-18 05:24:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	21	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.776	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	567	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	0.137	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	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	us700038c1	Id of event.
Event Code	700038c1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700038c1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

121.6885° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

24.0659° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km NE 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

2019-04-18 05:01:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-04-18 05:24:59

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

6.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.776

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

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

567

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.137

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.26 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us700038c1

Id of event.

Event Code

700038c1

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us700038c1,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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