A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 18:11:56 / April 24, 2024 @ 6:11 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:11:56 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mthz. Unique identifier: us6000mthz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 122.2944° East, latitude 23.9696° North, depth = 35.376 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.376 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 70 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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