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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.6047S, 121.6214WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muy1. Unique identifier: us6000muy1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:34:37 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6214 East, latitude 23.6047 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 11:34:37 / April 22, 2024 @ 11:34 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifteen, 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6214° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.6047° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km S of Hualien City, 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 11:34:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-03 18:11:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.365 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us6000muy1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000muy1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muy1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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