A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 18:44:22 / April 22, 2024 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.745 km (8 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000muyg. Event ids that are associated: us6000muyg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:44:22 / 6:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6026° East, 23.8399° North, depth 12.745 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, 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. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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