A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.5757 East, latitude 23.757 North, depth = 13.842 km. The temblor was detected at 17:40:24 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.842 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000mt0g. Event ids that are associated: us6000mt0g. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 17:40:24 / April 22, 2024 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nineteen, 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 24 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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