A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Unique identifier: us6000nj3s. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nj3s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:20:53 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 08:20:53 / July 26, 2024 @ 8:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.153 km (19 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 121.9321 East, latitude 24.0175 North, depth = 31.153 km.
The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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