A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.715 km (16 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrn9. Id of event: us7000nrn9. The temblor was picked up at 02:38:16 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.6613 East, latitude 23.8706 North, depth = 25.715 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/24 / 2024-11-14 02:38:16 / November 14, 2024 @ 2:38 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 13 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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