A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000mu4c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mu4c. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6577° East, 24.1595° North, depth 37.395 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:13:28 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 37.395 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 19:13:28 / April 26, 2024 @ 7:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Puli, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-seven, 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 has struck near. 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: 20 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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