A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 11:09:18 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mz6i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mz6i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6257 East, latitude 23.9078 North, depth = 10.101 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.101 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 11:09:18 / May 11, 2024 @ 11:09 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 7 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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