A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.316 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 15:28:52 / August 26, 2024 @ 3:28 pm. Exact location, longitude 122.2641° East, latitude 24.1175° North, depth = 27.316 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:28:52 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nmvg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nmvg.
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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