A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 12:25:13 / 12:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 12:25:13 / November 19, 2025 @ 12:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rp49. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp49. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.904 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8539 East, latitude 24.0608 North, depth = 11.904 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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