A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6736° East, 24.1085° North, depth 30.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:24:22 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000akja. Event ids that are associated: us7000akja. Global time and date of event 09/07/20 / 2020-07-09 03:24:22 / July 9, 2020 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.4 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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