A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 23:23:00 / May 13, 2024 @ 11:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000mye7. Event ids that are associated: us6000mye7. Exact location of earthquake, 122.3805° East, 23.9303° North, depth 35 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:23:00 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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