A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:52:12 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rfi6. Id of event: us6000rfi6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 121.5584° East, 23.9637° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 23:52:12 / October 7, 2025 @ 11:52 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Daxi (c. 84 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Daxi, Nantou, Taichung (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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