A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. 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 22.551 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 08:53:38 / July 17, 2024 @ 8:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6937 East, latitude 24.3104 North, depth = 22.551 km. Unique identifier: us7000mzs5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzs5. The temblor was reported at 08:53:38 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hsinchu, Keelung, Taoyuan City.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
Questions or comments?
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: 38 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply