A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.06 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 121.5477 East, latitude 23.7187 North, depth = 22.06 km. Event id: us7000qtta. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtta. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:10:15 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). 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: 10/08/25 / 2025-08-10 06:10:15 / August 10, 2025 @ 6:10 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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