A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 20.557 km, 121.4774° East, 23.9236° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qb87. Unique identifier: us7000qb87. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 19:57:06 / July 7, 2025 @ 7:57 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:57:06 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.557 km (13 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 14 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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