A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 11:24:54 / December 8, 2025 @ 11:24 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rtcw. Event ids that are associated: us6000rtcw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:24:54 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.6799° East, 23.806° North.
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taichung, Yilan, Nantou (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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