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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.8013S, 121.7103WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.7103° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.8013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.912 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-31 18:21:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-31 18:43:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.386 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nnwq Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnwq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnwq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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