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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.7981S, 121.6812WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Sunday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:27:09 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.67 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6812 East, latitude 23.7981 North, depth = 22.67 km. Global time and date of event 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 14:27:09 / June 23, 2024 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000mu4k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu4k.

The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6812° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.7981° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-23 14:27:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-23 14:42:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.382 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mu4k Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu4k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu4k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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