A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 00:03:49 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:03:49 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 20.652 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt3e. Unique identifier: us6000mt3e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6391 East, latitude 23.6992 North, depth = 20.652 km.
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian.
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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 30 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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