A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfp4. Unique identifier: us6000pfp4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 08:08:50 / December 26, 2024 @ 8:08 am. The temblor was picked up at 08:08:50 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.893 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 25.893 km, 121.7688° East, 23.8875° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 19 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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