A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Event id: us7000qx4l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qx4l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/25 / 2025-09-18 21:21:40 / September 18, 2025 @ 9:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.441 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 121.6776° East, 23.9614° North, depth 21.441 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:21:40 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lugu, Yilan, Puli (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 7 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan.

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