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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Hengchun in Taiwan


Earthquake location 21.918S, 121.4474WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 23:33:40 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.4474° East, 21.918° North, depth 9.811 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 23:33:40 / December 27, 2024 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.811 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000pg1k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pg1k.

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hengchun. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.4474° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 21.918° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.811 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km E 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 2024-12-27 23:33:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-14 02:35:13 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 271 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.958 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000pg1k Id of event.
Event Code 6000pg1k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pg1k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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