A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Thursday. Exact location, longitude 121.6803° East, latitude 24.7847° North, depth = 55.785 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:22:38 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.785 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/11/25 / 2025-11-13 01:22:38 / November 13, 2025 @ 1:22 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rf2a. Unique identifier: us7000rf2a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hualian, Hsinchu, Taoyuan City. Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km WNW of Yilan, Taiwan.
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