A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 23:04:07 / September 18, 2024 @ 11:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 122.4532 East, latitude 23.9088 North, depth = 20.391 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.391 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000ntbf. Event ids that are associated: us6000ntbf. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:04:07 / 11:04 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 83 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan.
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