Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 3 km NNW of Yujing, Taiwan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan on Monday. The earthquake was roughly 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). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:29:22 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.4457 East, latitude 23.1503 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 16:29:22 / January 20, 2025 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000pa2f. Event ids that are associated: us7000pa2f.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhongxing New Village, Nantou, Taitung City (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 3 km NNW of Yujing, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	120.4457° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.1503° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km NNW of Yujing, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-20 16:29:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-02 15:47:44	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	326	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.226	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	us7000pa2f	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pa2f	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pa2f,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

120.4457° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

23.1503° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3 km NNW of Yujing, Taiwan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-01-20 16:29:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-02-02 15:47:44

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.226

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.69 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000pa2f

Id of event.

Event Code

7000pa2f

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000pa2f,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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