A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of event, longitude 121.716 East, latitude 24.1622 North, depth = 19.82 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0sr. Unique identifier: us6000n0sr. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 17:06:37 / May 24, 2024 @ 5:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.82 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:06:37 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 24 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Puli, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 23 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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