Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Hengchun in Taiwan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Friday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:07:35 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pj8r. Event ids that are associated: us6000pj8r. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/25 / 2025-01-10 17:07:35 / January 10, 2025 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.0861 East, latitude 21.9355 North, depth = 43.549 km. 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 43.549 km (27 miles).

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taitung City, Hengchun. Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 36 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.0861° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	21.9355° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.549 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-10 17:07:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-10 19:09:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	298	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	81	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.878	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	us6000pj8r	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pj8r	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pj8r,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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