A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nn9r. Event ids that are associated: us6000nn9r. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.743 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6772° East, 24.0295° North, depth 30.743 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 09:36:17 / August 8, 2024 @ 9:36 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:36:17 / 9:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (6 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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