A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was detected at 16:59:57 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 122.3344° East, latitude 23.9257° North, depth = 26.161 km. Event id: us6000mthi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mthi. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 16:59:57 / April 24, 2024 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.161 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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