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Tuesday, Jan 5, 2021, 20:29

20:29 PM | By: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Earthquake 4.2 25 km southwest of Hualien, Taiwan, Jan 6 4:09 am (GMT +8)

A shallow 4.2 magnitude earthquake was reported in the early morning near Hualien City, Hualien, Taiwan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismic Center (EMSC), the earthquake struck Wednesday January 6, 2021 at 4:09 a.m. local time at a shallow depth of 16. How many. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deep earthquakes because they are closer to the surface. The exact size, epicenter and depth of the earthquake may be reviewed within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or when other agencies release their reports. It caused no major damage, but probably many people felt it as a slight shaking in the epicenter area. The weak tremor may be felt in Hualien (population 350,500) located 25 km from the epicenter, and from other towns or cities close to the epicenter where they may have felt a very weak tremor including Bole (population 86,400) located within 54 km from the epicenter. The epicenter, Lugu (population 19,600) 72 km, Zhongxing New Village (population 25,500) 81 km, Nantou City (population 105,700) 82 km, Taichung (population 1040,700) 88 km, Yuanlin (pop. 124.700) It is 92 km, and Dolio (104.700 inhabitants) 94 km.

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