A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:32:23 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). 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 43.625 km (27 miles). Exact location, longitude 121.7273° East, latitude 24.0113° North, depth = 43.625 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/24 / 2024-11-27 15:32:23 / November 27, 2024 @ 3:32 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000nuil. Event ids that are associated: us7000nuil.
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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