A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 20:08:15 / April 26, 2024 @ 8:08 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mu4m. Id of event: us6000mu4m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 122.0061° East, 24.0586° North, depth 24.682 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.682 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:08:15 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian. Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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