A minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 28.596 km, 121.8858° East, 24.4678° North. Event id: us7000mq2s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mq2s. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 21:48:49 / May 27, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:49 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.596 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Keelung (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-two 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.
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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. 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: 34 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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