A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6659° East, 24.078° North, depth 41.348 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 41.348 km (26 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:23:59 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 02:23:59 / July 26, 2024 @ 2:23 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ng1a. Unique identifier: us6000ng1a.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, 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 have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 12 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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