A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.81 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 122.474° East, 23.844° North, depth 16.81 km. The temblor was detected at 02:35:35 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 18:35:35 / July 8, 2019 @ 6:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004ezz. Unique identifier: us70004ezz.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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