A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:19:00 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pvxn. Id of event: us7000pvxn. Global time and date of event 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 18:19:00 / April 29, 2025 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.9221 East, latitude 24.1292 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yilan, Hualian.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 36 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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