A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 121.8146° East, 24.5605° North, depth 64.466 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 12:01:27 / July 7, 2025 @ 12:01 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:01:27 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qb4k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qb4k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.466 km (40 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hsinchu, Taoyuan City, Hualian. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan.

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