A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:20:53 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24.655 km, 121.698° East, 23.0772° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.655 km (15 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/25 / 2025-04-24 14:20:53 / April 24, 2025 @ 2:20 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000puqz. Id of event: us7000puqz.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taitung City. Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 100 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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