A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.499 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 121.5845 East, latitude 23.7521 North, depth = 7.499 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:12:14 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mt8y. Event ids that are associated: us6000mt8y. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 17:12:14 / April 23, 2024 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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