A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 20:05:49 / December 11, 2024 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.893 km (16 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:05:49 / 8:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.7884 East, latitude 23.9428 North, depth = 25.893 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxxu. Id of event: us7000nxxu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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