A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:13 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 18:51:13 / July 12, 2024 @ 6:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.7596° East, 23.9533° North, depth 24.134 km. Unique identifier: us7000myxu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000myxu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.134 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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