A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 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 event, longitude 121.7356 East, latitude 23.9065 North, depth = 23.768 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:32 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 04:59:32 / September 13, 2024 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000ndfw. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndfw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.768 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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