A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 10:53:25 / May 5, 2025 @ 10:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 122.0473° East, latitude 23.9146° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000px8h. Event ids that are associated: us7000px8h. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:25 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puli, Yilan, Hualian. Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 45 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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