A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 03:46:57 / June 18, 2024 @ 3:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.769 East, latitude 24.1042 North, depth = 16.652 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt4b. Id of event: us7000mt4b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.652 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:57 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Daxi, Puli, Yilan. The epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 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 three, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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