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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Yilan in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.3858S, 121.9167WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n74c. Unique identifier: us7000n74c. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 09:06:45 / August 15, 2024 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.345 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:06:45 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.9167° East, 24.3858° North, depth 11.345 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hsinchu, Taoyuan City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.9167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.3858° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.345 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 09:06:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 09:31:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 10 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.486 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 454 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n74c Id of event.
Event Code 7000n74c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n74c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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