A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 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 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:02 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 26.417 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 07:56:02 / May 20, 2024 @ 7:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 122.3737 East, latitude 23.9204 North, depth = 26.417 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzs3. Unique identifier: us6000mzs3.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian. The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
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, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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