A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hengchun in Taiwan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 15:24:05 / April 8, 2025 @ 3:24 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pu95. Event ids that are associated: us7000pu95. The temblor was detected at 15:24:05 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 120.568 East, latitude 21.9475 North, depth = 18.19 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.19 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hengchun (c. 31 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kaohsiung, Hengchun (min 5000 pop).

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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km WSW of Hengchun, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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