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Strong earthquake 6.1 mag, 26 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.784S, 121.7595WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000n7b8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7b8. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 23:35:54 / August 15, 2024 @ 11:35 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.7595° East, 23.784° North, depth 15.414 km. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:35:54 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.414 km (10 miles).

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village. Event epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.7595° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.784° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.414 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km SE of Hualien City, 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 23:35:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 23:59:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.237 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 574 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.416 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 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 us7000n7b8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7b8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7b8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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