A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.534 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 16:21:46 / April 29, 2024 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000muxm. Event ids that are associated: us6000muxm. 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 16:21:46 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6656 East, latitude 24.0661 North, depth = 24.534 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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