A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.454 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:41:10 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/09/24 / 2024-09-11 13:41:10 / September 11, 2024 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6688 East, latitude 23.8416 North, depth = 45.454 km. Unique identifier: us7000nd2t. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nd2t.
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Puli, Hualian.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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