A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.7448 East, latitude 23.8715 North, depth = 32.186 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.186 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcmb. Id of event: us7000mcmb. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:17:10 / 9:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 09:17:10 / April 17, 2024 @ 9:17 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Yilan, Puli (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 18 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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