A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 18:43:23 / April 22, 2024 @ 6:43 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000muyf. Unique identifier: us6000muyf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:43:23 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.5071° East, 23.6958° North, depth 18.778 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.778 km (12 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-six, 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 was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 32 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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