A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. Exact location of event, longitude 121.2778 East, latitude 21.8402 North, depth = 21.959 km. Global time and date of event 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 19:20:42 / December 28, 2024 @ 7:20 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000pg6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pg6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:20:42 / 7:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.959 km (14 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: 58 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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