A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 01:49:23 / June 7, 2020 @ 1:49 am. Id of earthquake: us6000a7bq. Event ids that are associated: us6000a7bq. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:23 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.6789° East, latitude 24.0865° North, depth = 11.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.8 km (7 miles).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taichung, Daxi, Yilan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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