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Special Weather Statement issued April 8 at 7:27PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA

Published: 8 April 2025
Categories: National Weather Service

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

At 727 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles northwest of Davenport, or 39 miles northwest of Cheney, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD…Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include… Wellpinit.

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Significant magnitude 5.0 earthquake 21 km southeast of Yilan, Taiwan

Published: 8 April 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Wed, 9 Apr 2025, 02:13 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Taiwan was shaken near Yilan, Yilan County, Taiwan, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 only 19 minutes ago, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 68.90 km beneath the epicenter near Yilan, Yilan County, Taiwan, in the morning on Wednesday, April 9th, 2025, at 9:53 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.0, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 5.3, and the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.9.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Yilan (pop. 94,200) located

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