A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 18:48:25 / January 21, 2025 @ 6:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.728 km (24 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000plh9. Unique identifier: us6000plh9. Exact location of event, depth 38.728 km, 121.0614° East, 21.4135° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:48:25 / 6:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 73 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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