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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Hualien City in Taiwan

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.8982S, 121.5981WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.5981° East, latitude 23.8982° North, depth = 13.296 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:11:02 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 00:11:02 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:11 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.296 km (8 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mt3i. Event ids that are associated: us6000mt3i.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Yilan, Nantou (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.5981° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.8982° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.296 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 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 2024-04-23 00:11:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-23 00:56:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level 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 416 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mt3i Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt3i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt3i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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