A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:37:46 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). 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: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 08:37:46 / August 21, 2025 @ 8:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.779 km (10 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r2rb. Unique identifier: us6000r2rb. Exact location, longitude 120.5541° East, latitude 23.2603° North, depth = 16.779 km.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Taitung City, Zhongxing New Village (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifty-one 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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