A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Saturday. Global time and date of event 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 07:48:28 / December 7, 2024 @ 7:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.792 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:48:28 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 122.2655° East, 23.9112° North, depth 16.792 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwu5. Unique identifier: us7000nwu5.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight 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.
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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. 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: 67 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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