A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 16:01:57 / April 22, 2024 @ 4:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000muz2. Id of event: us6000muz2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.864 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6499 East, latitude 23.7037 North, depth = 6.864 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:01:57 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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