A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 04:26:55 / December 13, 2024 @ 4:26 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.922 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nyca. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nyca. The temblor was reported at 04:26:55 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6956° East, 23.8829° North, depth 23.922 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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