A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6764 East, latitude 23.8026 North, depth = 13.118 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt3f. Unique identifier: us6000mt3f. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 00:04:05 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.118 km (8 miles). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:04:05 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 20 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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