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Magnitude5.1
RegionTAIWAN
Date time2026-05-12 06:53:32.0 UTC
Location23.240 ; 121.540
Depth23 km
Distance133 km SE of Taichung, Taiwan / pop: 1,040,000 / local time: 14:53:32.0 2026-05-12
82 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan / pop: 350,000 / local time: 14:53:32.0 2026-05-12
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia -- Canberra, Australia (AUST)
Seismological Survey of Serbia -- Belgrade, Serbia (BEO)
Central Weather Administration -- Taipei, Taiwan (CWA)
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika -- Jakarta, Indonesia (BMKG)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Taipei, Taiwan (IESAS)
Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
The research institute NORSAR -- Kjeller, Norway (NORSAR)
Geoazur (Universite Cote d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur) -- Nice, France (OCA)
Republican Seismic Survey Center or Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences -- Baku, Azerbaijan (RSSC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan -- Taipei, Taiwan (IESAS)
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)
Central Weather Administration -- Taipei, Taiwan (CWA)