A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 07:57:56 / June 21, 2024 @ 7:57 am UTC/GMT. 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: us7000mtrh. Id of event: us7000mtrh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.156 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6851° East, 23.8777° North, depth 40.156 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:57:56 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 13 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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