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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Hualien City in Taiwan

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.1639S, 121.6636WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6636 East, latitude 24.1639 North, depth = 33.408 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:21:23 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mu3y. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mu3y. The epicenter was at a depth of 33.408 km (21 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 18:21:23 / April 26, 2024 @ 6:21 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Keelung, Nantou, Lugu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, 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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6636° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1639° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.408 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km NNE 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 2024-04-26 18:21:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 09:34:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 150 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.404 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 581 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 251 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.568 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 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 us6000mu3y Id of event.
Event Code 6000mu3y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mu3y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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