A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:22:08 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.8325° East, 23.398° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 15:22:08 / December 29, 2024 @ 3:22 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgb5. Unique identifier: us6000pgb5.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (43 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 68 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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