A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 11:36:31 / October 13, 2024 @ 11:36 am. Exact location of event, depth 21.458 km, 121.6155° East, 23.9662° North. The temblor was picked up at 11:36:31 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.458 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nyf8. Unique identifier: us6000nyf8.
The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Taichung, Zhongxing New Village. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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