A earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. Exact location, longitude 121.2069° East, latitude 22.8505° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000rkjm. Event ids that are associated: us7000rkjm. The temblor was reported at 09:47:06 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 09:47:06 / December 24, 2025 @ 9:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Douliu, Lugu, Hengchun. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 105 km (66 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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: 82 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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