A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.826 km (17 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:34 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rupb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rupb. Global time and date of event 13/12/25 / 2025-12-13 17:58:34 / December 13, 2025 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 121.9267 East, latitude 24.1688 North, depth = 26.826 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yilan, Hualian (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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