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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 33 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.8723S, 121.2796WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Puli in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 09:16:02 / 9:16 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: us7000mdt0. Event ids that are associated: us7000mdt0. Exact location of event, longitude 121.2796 East, latitude 23.8723 North, depth = 31.99 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 09:16:02 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.99 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 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: 33 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.2796° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.8723° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-22 09:16:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-22 09:36:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mdt0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdt0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdt0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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