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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near Hualien City in Taiwan

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 14:20:09 / April 22, 2024 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000mdv0. Event ids that are associated: us7000mdv0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.222 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.618° East, 23.716° North, depth 8.222 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:20:09 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu (min 5000 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 fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, 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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 28 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.618° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.716° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.222 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28 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 14:20:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-01 15:48:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	385	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	63	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.436	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	82	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	us7000mdv0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mdv0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mdv0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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