A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qarx. Id of event: us7000qarx. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.624 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.8887° East, 23.8252° North, depth 15.624 km. The temblor was reported at 23:12:39 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/25 / 2025-07-04 23:12:39 / July 4, 2025 @ 11:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 33 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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