A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 13:58:16 / July 15, 2025 @ 1:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:58:16 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcsh. Id of event: us7000qcsh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.9037 East, latitude 21.6347 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hengchun.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 44 km SSE of Hengchun, Taiwan.
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