A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Id of earthquake: us6000nsww. Event ids that are associated: us6000nsww. Exact location of event, longitude 121.534 East, latitude 24.0039 North, depth = 22.682 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.682 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 17:10:14 / September 18, 2024 @ 5:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:10:14 / 5:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Taichung, Yilan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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