A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location, longitude 121.6141° East, latitude 23.827° North, depth = 10.162 km. Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 00:55:29 / April 23, 2024 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:55:29 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000mv8d. Event ids that are associated: us6000mv8d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.162 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 17 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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