A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Global time and date of event 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 11:21:47 / July 27, 2024 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:21:47 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.973 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000ngc7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngc7. Exact location of event, depth 41.973 km, 121.1803° East, 21.8022° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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