A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 120.4749 East, latitude 23.2338 North, depth = 10 km. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:26 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 16:17:26 / January 20, 2025 @ 4:17 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pl8h. Id of event: us6000pl8h.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Ma-kung, Puli. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ma-kung (c. 56 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km N of Yujing, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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