A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 121.8493 East, latitude 24.2684 North, depth = 40.472 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:12:54 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.472 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rdxl. Unique identifier: us7000rdxl. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/25 / 2025-11-26 15:12:54 / November 26, 2025 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taipei, Banqiao, Daxi (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 40 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan.
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