A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 16:14:18 / October 8, 2024 @ 4:14 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:14:18 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 34.296 km, 121.6717° East, 24.0126° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nntl. Id of event: us7000nntl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.296 km (21 miles).
Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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: 7 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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