A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxn1. Unique identifier: us6000mxn1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:35:38 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.678° East, 23.6561° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 01:35:38 / May 10, 2024 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 36 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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