A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mte5. Unique identifier: us6000mte5. Global time and date of event 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 05:01:20 / April 24, 2024 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:01:20 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 121.9565° East, latitude 24.2213° North, depth = 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Hualian.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 44 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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