A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 11:13:42 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6244° East, 23.8485° North, depth 11.202 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 11:13:42 / April 23, 2024 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.202 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mv8n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mv8n.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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