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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 23.8818S, 121.6595WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. 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 28.72 km (18 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:26:24 / 8:26 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000np7v. Event ids that are associated: us6000np7v. Exact location of event, longitude 121.6595 East, latitude 23.8818 North, depth = 28.72 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 08:26:24 / September 2, 2024 @ 8:26 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 103 km (64 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 11 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.6595° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.8818° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 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 2024-09-02 08:26:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-02 08:47:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 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 386 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.297 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000np7v Id of event.
Event Code 6000np7v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000np7v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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