A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.281 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0801 East, latitude 23.4528 North, depth = 19.281 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/10/25 / 2025-10-08 03:33:52 / October 8, 2025 @ 3:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:33:52 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rfiv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rfiv.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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