A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8657 East, latitude 23.7106 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 23:40:28 / August 15, 2024 @ 11:40 pm. The temblor was detected at 23:40:28 / 11:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nq47. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nq47.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 39 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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