A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ms1g. Id of event: us7000ms1g. Global time and date of event 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 23:37:51 / June 12, 2024 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:37:51 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.859 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6836 East, latitude 23.9038 North, depth = 38.859 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 11 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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