A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.797 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 16:45:42 / December 27, 2025 @ 4:45 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000rl3a. Event ids that are associated: us7000rl3a. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:45:42 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 122.0614° East, latitude 24.5968° North, depth = 62.797 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taoyuan City, Daxi, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan.
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