A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Yilan in Taiwan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 68.901 km, 121.8641° East, 24.5927° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4v3. Unique identifier: us6000q4v3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:53:26 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 01:53:26 / April 9, 2025 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.901 km (43 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hsinchu, Hualian, Taoyuan City. Close country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Taipei (c. 7 871 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Banqiao (c. 543 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Taoyuan City (c. 402 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Keelung (c. 397 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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