A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Yujing in Taiwan. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:23:16 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/25 / 2025-01-27 23:23:16 / January 27, 2025 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 14.832 km, 120.4866° East, 23.1961° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmp4. Unique identifier: us6000pmp4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.832 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kaohsiung (c. 1 519 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tainan (c. 771 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhongxing New Village, Taitung City, Nantou (min 5000 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 8 km NNE of Yujing, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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