A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q88r. Unique identifier: us7000q88r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.619 km (15 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:00:57 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 18:00:57 / June 23, 2025 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.4373 East, latitude 23.774 North, depth = 23.619 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douliu, Taichung, Nantou.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-nine 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km SW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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