A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/25 / 2025-07-04 23:35:38 / July 4, 2025 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qcup. Id of event: us7000qcup. Exact location of event, depth 15.621 km, 121.8828° East, 23.8578° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.621 km (10 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:35:38 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 31 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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