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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 47 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.773S, 122.0178WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.336 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:35:59 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000nf0q. Id of event: us6000nf0q. Exact location, longitude 122.0178° East, latitude 23.773° North, depth = 42.336 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 21:35:59 / July 23, 2024 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.0178° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.773° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.336 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km ESE 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 2024-07-23 21:35:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 21:54:13 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 271 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.556 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000nf0q Id of event.
Event Code 6000nf0q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nf0q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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