A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q3xn. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3xn. Exact location of event, depth 24.554 km, 121.5596° East, 24.0879° North. Global time and date of event 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 13:12:03 / April 4, 2025 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.554 km (15 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:12:03 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). 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 Zhongxing New Village, Taichung, Yilan.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NNW of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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