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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.1458S, 122.1414WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 21:15:49 / September 11, 2024 @ 9:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 122.1414° East, 24.1458° North, depth 43.204 km. The temblor was reported at 21:15:49 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nd5x. Id of event: us7000nd5x. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.204 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and two 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.1414° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.1458° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.204 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km ENE 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 2024-09-11 21:15:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 21:31:05 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 284 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.856 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us7000nd5x Id of event.
Event Code 7000nd5x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nd5x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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