A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan. 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 116.04 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000qra8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qra8. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 13:10:59 / August 27, 2025 @ 1:10 pm. Exact location, longitude 121.913° East, latitude 24.8266° North, depth = 116.04 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:10:59 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian, Hsinchu, Taoyuan City. The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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