A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Puli in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/04/24 / 2024-04-30 09:35:30 / April 30, 2024 @ 9:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.2624 East, latitude 23.7505 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:35:30 / 9:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mv5m. Event ids that are associated: us6000mv5m.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taichung, Douliu, Nantou. Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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