A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 121.898 East, latitude 24.4135 North, depth = 10.862 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n74i. Id of event: us7000n74i. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:33:04 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.862 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 09:33:04 / August 15, 2024 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Keelung, Daxi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 40 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply