A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 10:09:59 / May 5, 2025 @ 10:09 am. Event id: us7000px8b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000px8b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:09:59 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 122.0347 East, latitude 23.9589 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian. Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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