A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pyi3. Id of event: us6000pyi3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27.312 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:09:40 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 121.4919 East, latitude 23.1142 North, depth = 27.312 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 05:09:40 / March 13, 2025 @ 5:09 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yujing, Lugu, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Taitung City (c. 109 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Yujing (c. 16 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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