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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Hualien City in Taiwan

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.748S, 121.8115WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 18:00:29 / May 18, 2024 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000mzhg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzhg. Exact location of event, depth 19.065 km, 121.8115° East, 23.748° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.065 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 18:00:29 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.8115° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.748° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.065 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-18 18:00:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 18:32:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mzhg Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzhg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzhg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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