A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 25/04/24 / 2024-04-25 00:48:19 / April 25, 2024 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw02. Unique identifier: us6000mw02. The temblor was reported at 00:48:19 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.538 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6154 East, latitude 23.6549 North, depth = 23.538 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 35 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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