A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 13:10:11 / August 17, 2024 @ 1:10 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:10:11 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7m2. Unique identifier: us7000n7m2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 121.9141 East, latitude 24.3741 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taoyuan City, Keelung, Daxi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 45 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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