Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Hualien City in Taiwan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:55:43 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 121.5091 East, latitude 23.7807 North, depth = 16.029 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/01/25 / 2025-01-22 11:55:43 / January 22, 2025 @ 11:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000plkh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000plkh. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.029 km (10 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 23 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	121.5091° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	23.7807° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.029 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-22 11:55:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-14 14:28:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	326	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	71	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.399	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000plkh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000plkh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000plkh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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