A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 12:38:56 / November 19, 2025 @ 12:38 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.014 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.8366 East, latitude 24.0925 North, depth = 13.014 km. Event id: us6000rp4b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp4b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:38:56 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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