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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.7004S, 121.6098WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 09:08:39 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:08 am. The temblor was detected at 09:08:39 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6098 East, latitude 23.7004 North, depth = 8.892 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdsw. Id of event: us7000mdsw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.892 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou. Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 106 km (66 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).

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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6098° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.7004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.892 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 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 09:08:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-22 11:11:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 437 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.42 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mdsw Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdsw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdsw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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