A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Event id: us7000nq32. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nq32. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.306 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:08:27 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/11/24 / 2024-11-05 18:08:27 / November 5, 2024 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8759 East, latitude 24.0815 North, depth = 37.306 km.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 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 ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 29 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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