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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.774S, 121.5625WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of event, depth 16.114 km, 121.5625° East, 23.774° North. Unique identifier: us6000muyn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muyn. The temblor was detected at 20:52:56 / 8:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 20:52:56 / April 22, 2024 @ 8:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.114 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 22 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.5625° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 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 2024-04-22 20:52:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-04 16:07:00 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 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 369 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.451 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us6000muyn Id of event.
Event Code 6000muyn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000muyn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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