A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 13:42:57 / April 22, 2024 @ 1:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.471 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdut. Id of event: us7000mdut. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:42:57 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.6115° East, latitude 23.7818° North, depth = 14.471 km.
Event epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zhongxing New Village, Lugu, Puli (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, 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 have been detected in the same area. Every 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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