A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:17:15 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 13:17:15 / October 14, 2024 @ 1:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 121.8499° East, 24.1381° North, depth 39.729 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.729 km (25 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nykn. Id of event: us6000nykn.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 31 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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