A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 17:19:36 / November 6, 2024 @ 5:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 121.6662° East, 23.5462° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:19:36 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nqa4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqa4. 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 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City, Lugu, Puli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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