A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000n7i1. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7i1. Global time and date of event 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 20:41:27 / August 16, 2024 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.658 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:41:27 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6929° East, 23.7681° North, depth 16.658 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian. Earthquake epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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