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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan

Posted by admin on July 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.3104S, 121.6937WA 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.

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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: 38 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6937° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.3104° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.551 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-17 08:53:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 10:08:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mzs5 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzs5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzs5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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