A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us7000puj8. Event ids that are associated: us7000puj8. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:48:35 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 122.397° East, 23.9452° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 16:48:35 / April 23, 2025 @ 4:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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