A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:08:05 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6223° East, 23.7091° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt4m. Id of event: us6000mt4m. Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 05:08:05 / April 23, 2024 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zhongxing New Village, Lugu, Puli (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 29 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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