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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Hualien City in Taiwan

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Earthquake location 24.1647S, 121.6877WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6877 East, latitude 24.1647 North, depth = 21.103 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.103 km (13 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 01:06:26 / April 27, 2024 @ 1:06 am. The temblor was detected at 01:06:26 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mu5v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mu5v.

Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Daxi, Puli, Yilan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

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 thirty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, 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 struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6877° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1647° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.103 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km NNE 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 2024-04-27 01:06:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-27 21:31:56 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 284 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mu5v Id of event.
Event Code 6000mu5v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mu5v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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