A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Zhongxing New Village in Taiwan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:54:00 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qu4q. Id of event: us6000qu4q. Exact location, longitude 120.7541° East, latitude 23.965° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 09:54:00 / July 21, 2025 @ 9:54 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yujing, Hsinchu, Hualian (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Taichung (c. 1 040 700 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Hsinchu (c. 404 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Nantou (c. 105 700 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Douliu (c. 104 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Puli (c. 86 400 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Zhongxing New Village (c. 25 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Lugu (c. 19 600 pop).
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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
Questions or comments?
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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km E of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.