A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 15:52:17 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 15:52:17 / May 30, 2024 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.705° East, 23.9172° North, depth 37.87 km. Id of earthquake: us7000mp02. Event ids that are associated: us7000mp02. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.87 km (24 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 12 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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