A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzyu. Id of event: us6000mzyu. The temblor was reported at 23:16:10 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 23:16:10 / April 22, 2024 @ 11:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.513 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.5655° East, 23.7435° North, depth 14.513 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhongxing New Village, Lugu, Puli. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
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-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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