A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 08:42:35 / June 28, 2024 @ 8:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 122.2391° East, 23.3901° North. The temblor was reported at 08:42:35 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000n8ud. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8ud. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian. Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 91 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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