A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:46:09 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000rkb9. Event ids that are associated: us7000rkb9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/25 / 2025-12-23 07:46:09 / December 23, 2025 @ 7:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.986 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.6507 East, latitude 23.7473 North, depth = 33.986 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nantou, Zhongxing New Village, Lugu. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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