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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Hualien City in Taiwan

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.378 km (18 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nngq. Id of event: us7000nngq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 10:21:45 / October 27, 2024 @ 10:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6705° East, 23.9745° North, depth 29.378 km. The temblor was reported at 10:21:45 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nantou, Taichung, Zhongxing New Village.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 6 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.6705° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.9745° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.378 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km E 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	2024-10-27 10:21:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-27 10:47:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	18	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	406	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.21	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nngq	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nngq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nngq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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