A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Friday. 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: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 03:10:04 / May 24, 2024 @ 3:10 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:10:04 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.584 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, depth 15.584 km, 122.0578° East, 24.3227° North. Event id: us6000n0mf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0mf.
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian, Yilan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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