A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mwnh. Event ids that are associated: us6000mwnh. The temblor was reported at 09:52:45 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 09:52:45 / May 6, 2024 @ 9:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.867 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.5507 East, latitude 23.7314 North, depth = 28.867 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou. Event epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, 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 in the same area. 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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