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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag was detected near Yilan in Taiwan

Posted by admin on December 27, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.6574S, 122.0406WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt25361000, at00t7xolw, us7000rl2n. Id of event: us7000rl2n. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.534 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:05:56 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.0406 East, latitude 24.6574 North, depth = 67.534 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Yilan in Taiwan (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 15:05:56 / December 27, 2025 @ 3:05 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hsinchu, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 133 km (83 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 31 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 122.0406° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.6574° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.534 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-27 15:05:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-27 15:19:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 674 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rl2n Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl2n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt25361000,at00t7xolw,us7000rl2n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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