A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mtcg. Unique identifier: us6000mtcg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 01:53:52 / April 24, 2024 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.7135° East, 23.935° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:53:52 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, 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 nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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