A 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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