A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.548 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000muy9. Event ids that are associated: us6000muy9. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 19:32:01 / April 22, 2024 @ 7:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6348° East, 23.7833° North, depth 8.548 km. The temblor was detected at 19:32:01 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 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 eighteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 21 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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