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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.7257S, 121.5806WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (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). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.958 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.5806° East, 23.7257° North, depth 19.958 km. Global time and date of event 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 09:45:30 / May 6, 2024 @ 9:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwnf. Unique identifier: us6000mwnf. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:45:30 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 102 km (64 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.5806° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.7257° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.958 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 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 2024-05-06 09:45:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-10 08:43:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 36 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.216 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 502 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.422 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us6000mwnf Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwnf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwnf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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