A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.844 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 23:35:39 / April 22, 2024 @ 11:35 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 121.5956 East, latitude 23.8142 North, depth = 11.844 km. The temblor was detected at 23:35:39 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mt38. Event ids that are associated: us6000mt38.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 one hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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