A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.448 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6243 East, latitude 23.8985 North, depth = 12.448 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/24 / 2024-04-24 23:53:34 / April 24, 2024 @ 11:53 pm. Event id: us6000mtkp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mtkp. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:53:34 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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