A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:44:39 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mxxt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxxt. Exact location of event, depth 29.619 km, 121.7603° East, 23.9928° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 09:44:39 / May 11, 2024 @ 9:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.619 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 15 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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