A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:56 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 03:49:56 / May 17, 2024 @ 3:49 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz4m. Unique identifier: us6000mz4m. Exact location of event, depth 40.279 km, 121.6774° East, 23.8872° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.279 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 12 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close 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.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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