A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 09:12:11 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:12 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 121.5642° East, 23.7867° North, depth 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:12:11 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdt2. Unique identifier: us7000mdt2.
Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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