A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6955 East, latitude 23.8644 North, depth = 11.257 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.257 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:25:58 / 7:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 19:25:58 / April 22, 2024 @ 7:25 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000muy7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muy7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventeen, 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 struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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