A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 21:51:32 / June 11, 2024 @ 9:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 121.6299° East, latitude 23.7625° North, depth = 29.817 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrtr. Id of event: us7000mrtr. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.817 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:51:32 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 23 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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