A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 13:27:22 / November 18, 2024 @ 1:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.7066 East, latitude 24.0821 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nsf7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nsf7. The temblor was picked up at 13:27:22 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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