A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. Event id: us6000mt6n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:40:51 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 12:40:51 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6597 East, latitude 23.7051 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, 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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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