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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.808S, 121.6343WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt22. Id of event: us6000mt22. Exact location, longitude 121.6343° East, latitude 23.808° North, depth = 10.621 km. The temblor was detected at 21:31:38 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.621 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 21:31:38 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:31 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (64 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6343° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.808° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.621 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 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 21:31:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-23 21:37:48 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 6.141 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us6000mt22 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt22 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt22, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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