A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 18:53:22 / April 21, 2024 @ 6:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6167° East, 23.909° North, depth 25.424 km. 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 18:53:22 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mdpu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdpu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.424 km (16 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 8 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close 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 Lugu, Puli, Hualian.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-four, 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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