A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 17:07:12 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.7162 East, latitude 24.1994 North, depth = 33.329 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 17:07:12 / May 24, 2024 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.329 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0ss. Id of event: us6000n0ss.
The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taoyuan City, Taipei, Banqiao.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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