A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 08:40:43 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mx5p. Unique identifier: us6000mx5p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.048 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/24 / 2024-05-08 08:40:43 / May 8, 2024 @ 8:40 am. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6839 East, latitude 23.6522 North, depth = 13.048 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eighteen, 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 has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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