A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 01:26:07 / August 19, 2025 @ 1:26 am. Exact location of event, longitude 121.759 East, latitude 23.9695 North, depth = 23.204 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.204 km (14 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:26:07 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r1z8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1z8.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Puli, Hualian. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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