A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:16:02 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.597 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6543° East, 23.8482° North, depth 13.597 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 05:16:02 / May 11, 2024 @ 5:16 am. Id of earthquake: us6000mxx5. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxx5.
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, 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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 15 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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