A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Saturday. Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 22:48:01 / December 6, 2025 @ 10:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rszd. Id of event: us6000rszd. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:48:01 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.693 km (19 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.4769 East, latitude 23.4513 North, depth = 30.693 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taitung City, Lugu, Puli (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop). Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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