A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Thursday. Unique identifier: us6000mtkr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtkr. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 00:19:12 / April 25, 2024 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 121.6589° East, latitude 23.6701° North, depth = 9.576 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.576 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:19:12 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian. The epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 34 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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