Minor earthquake: M3.9 quake has struck near Hualien City in Taiwan

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/24 / 2024-05-29 02:41:51 / May 29, 2024 @ 2:41 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6661 East, latitude 24.1257 North, depth = 33.848 km. The temblor was reported at 02:41:51 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnpf. Id of event: us7000mnpf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.848 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 17 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.6661° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.1257° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.848 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-29 02:41:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-29 03:38:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	234	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.603	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	79	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000mnpf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mnpf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mnpf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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