A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.621 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.5576 East, latitude 23.7254 North, depth = 10.621 km. Unique identifier: us6000mt1t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt1t. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 21:11:01 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:11:01 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 66 km (41 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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