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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan


Earthquake location 24.0039S, 121.534WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 121.534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.0039° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.682 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km WNW 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 2024-09-18 17:10:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 18:07:55 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 259 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.646 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000nsww Id of event.
Event Code 6000nsww An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nsww, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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