A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The temblor was picked up at 17:19:10 / 5:19 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 10.21 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 17:19:10 / November 23, 2024 @ 5:19 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwng. Unique identifier: us7000nwng. Exact location, longitude 121.3866° East, latitude 23.7281° North, depth = 10.21 km.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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