A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.5132° East, 23.074° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/25 / 2025-12-11 14:49:01 / December 11, 2025 @ 2:49 pm. Unique identifier: us6000ru4q. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ru4q. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:49:01 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Lugu, Taitung City.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SE of Yujing, Taiwan.
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