A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Thursday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:32:50 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 121.768° East, 24.0674° North, depth 32.273 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 11:32:50 / December 18, 2025 @ 11:32 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rvnk. Id of event: us6000rvnk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.273 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Puli, Yilan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
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 four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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