Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Hualien City in Taiwan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 07:45:18 / May 10, 2024 @ 7:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:45:18 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.788 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxpi. Unique identifier: us6000mxpi. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8995 East, latitude 24.191 North, depth = 10.788 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hsinchu, Taoyuan City, Keelung. Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 102 km (64 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, 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 nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.8995° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.191° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.788 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km NE 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	2024-05-10 07:45:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-11 07:52:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	24	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.824	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	529	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	0.674	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	us6000mxpi	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mxpi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mxpi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

121.8995° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

24.191° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.788 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38 km NE 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

2024-05-10 07:45:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-05-11 07:52:11

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.6

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

5.824

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

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

529

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.674

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.72 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

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

us6000mxpi

Id of event.

Event Code

6000mxpi

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000mxpi,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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