A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 00:40:43 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.306 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 00:40:43 / June 24, 2024 @ 12:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, 121.7276° East, 24.0602° North, depth 4.306 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu6t. Id of event: us7000mu6t.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Yilan, Hualian.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 15 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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