Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Hengchun in Taiwan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000pljv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pljv. Exact location, longitude 121.4742° East, latitude 22.0402° North, depth = 30.131 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.131 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:11:47 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). 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: 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 08:11:47 / January 22, 2025 @ 8:11 am.

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City, Hengchun (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.4742° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	22.0402° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	30.131 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	75 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	2025-01-22 08:11:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-22 08:46:14	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	369	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.855	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	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	us6000pljv	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pljv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pljv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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