A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:36:50 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.061 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 08:36:50 / May 2, 2024 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000mxgk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxgk. Exact location of event, depth 27.061 km, 122.3485° East, 23.9374° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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