A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmi6. Id of event: us7000nmi6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.3815 East, latitude 22.0801 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 22:02:10 / October 22, 2024 @ 10:02 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:02:10 / 10:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City, Hengchun (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 66 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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