A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvt9. Id of event: us6000mvt9. The temblor was reported at 17:06:49 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 122.3285° East, latitude 23.9331° North, depth = 29.786 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.786 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 17:06:49 / April 24, 2024 @ 5:06 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 73 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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