A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 25.912 km, 121.7103° East, 23.8013° North. Unique identifier: us6000nnwq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnwq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 18:21:41 / August 31, 2024 @ 6:21 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:21:41 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.912 km (16 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 22 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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