A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 10:18:04 / May 5, 2025 @ 10:18 am. The temblor was reported at 10:18:04 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 122.0808° East, 23.9276° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000q0ky. Event ids that are associated: us7000q0ky. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 48 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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