A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.472 East, latitude 23.9553 North, depth = 34.195 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.195 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:09:54 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 15:09:54 / September 18, 2024 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nsw5. Unique identifier: us6000nsw5.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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