A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 13:59:29 / May 23, 2024 @ 1:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.2954 East, latitude 23.9012 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 13:59:29 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n0g3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0g3.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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