A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. The temblor was reported at 19:41:12 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkl6. Unique identifier: us7000rkl6. 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 9.13 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 19:41:12 / December 24, 2025 @ 7:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.2203 East, latitude 22.9072 North, depth = 9.13 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yujing, Taitung City. Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan.
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