A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 18:12:16 / April 24, 2024 @ 6:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvti. Id of event: us6000mvti. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.2704 East, latitude 24.0002 North, depth = 26.837 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:12:16 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.837 km (17 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter 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 was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 67 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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