A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.394 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 122.3037 East, latitude 23.9828 North, depth = 23.394 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqew. Id of event: us7000mqew. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:23:38 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 04:23:38 / June 5, 2024 @ 4:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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