A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.521 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mszm. Unique identifier: us6000mszm. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6418 East, latitude 23.8 North, depth = 29.521 km. The temblor was reported at 16:33:04 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 16:33:04 / April 22, 2024 @ 4:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian. Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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