A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 122.7131° East, latitude 24.6332° North, depth = 101.757 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:16:47 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.757 km (63 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 09:16:47 / May 21, 2024 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000n00b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n00b.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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