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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 26 km northeast of Taitung City, Taiwan, on Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:37 pm (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

1 Oct 05:40 UTC: First to report: USGS after 15 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 30, 2022 14:37:20 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 10:37 pm (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	22.85°N / 121.376°E (Philippine Sea, Taiwan)
Antipode	22.85°S / 58.624°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Unnamed 24.00°N/121.83°E (136 km / 85 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	26 km (16 mi) ENE of Taitung City (pop: 109,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) ESE of Yujing (pop: 16,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) ENE of Kaohsiung City (pop: 1,519,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 120 km (75 mi) E of Tainan City (pop: 771,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) S of Hualien City (pop: 350,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 128 km (80 mi) SE of Douliu (pop: 104,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 131 km (81 mi) SSE of Puli (pop: 86,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 245 km (152 mi) S of Taipei (pop: 7,871,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 243 km (151 mi) SW of Kumi Island (pop: 1,680) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 337 km (209 mi) SE of Meichen Island (pop: 38,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.8	10 km	TAIWAN REGION	EMSC
4.6	10 km	Taiwan Region	RaspberryShake
4.5	10 km	Taiwan Region	GFZ
4.6	10 km	98 Km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Taitung (TWGB/TW network) | Distance from quake: 31 km / 19 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Taitung: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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