A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.3256 East, latitude 21.8906 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 01:19:27 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 01:19:27 / November 20, 2025 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rp9h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rp9h.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hengchun. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 61 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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