A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Hualien City in Taiwan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pluy. Id of event: us7000pluy. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.977 km (25 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:48:09 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 39.977 km, 121.5473° East, 23.6355° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 12:48:09 / March 22, 2025 @ 12:48 pm. 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lugu, Puli, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 38 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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