A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.5793 East, latitude 23.7445 North, depth = 20.846 km. Global time and date of event 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 06:03:35 / August 10, 2025 @ 6:03 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:03:35 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.846 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: us6000qzkq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qzkq.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Nantou, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 25 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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