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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.8026S, 121.6764WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6764° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.8026° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.118 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SSE 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 2024-04-23 00:04:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-24 00:10:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.195 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 525 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us6000mt3f Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt3f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt3f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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