M6.0 earthquake 134 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 134 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan at 13:00 local time (05:00 UTC) on 30 Sept 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to JMA, GFZ, USGS and INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Reported by 4 agencies
Data: JMA, GFZ, USGS, INGV · updated 2026-09-30 05:15 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 6.0strong
JMA magnitude (Mj) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-09-30 05:00:00 UTC
- Local: 30 Sept 2026, 13:00:00 (Asia/Taipei)
- Epicentre
- 23.800° N, 122.900° E
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| Hualien CityTaiwan, Taiwan · pop. 99,458 | 134 km | IVLight |
| XiulinTaiwan, Taiwan · pop. 17,068 | 134 km | IVLight |
| IshigakiOkinawa, Japan · pop. 47,637 | 141 km | IVLight |
| KeelungTaiwan, Taiwan · pop. 362,487 | 189 km | IIIWeak |
| NeihuTaiwan, Taiwan · pop. 274,538 | 195 km | IIIWeak |
| TaipeiTaiwan, Taiwan · pop. 7,871,900 | 196 km | IIIWeak |
| BanqiaoTaipei, Taiwan · pop. 551,221 | 198 km | IIIWeak |
| New Taipei CityTaipei, Taiwan · pop. 4,004,367 | 202 km | IIIWeak |
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 375 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses JMA.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMAheadlineJMA via Japan Meteorological Agency | 6.0 Mj | 10 km | 23.80° N, 122.90° E | – | Automatic |
| GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | 5.8 Mwas 5.8 | 10 km | 23.79° N, 122.86° E | +26.8 s | Automatic · 1 revision |
| USGSUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey | 5.6 mww | 10.8 km | 23.80° N, 122.91° E | +25.0 s | Reviewed |
| INGVSURVEY-INGV-A via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | 5.7 Mwp | 14.8 km | 23.84° N, 122.97° E | +27.9 s | Automatic |
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How big was it?
Can cause damage over tens of kilometres, depending on depth, local ground and how buildings are built.
It released roughly the energy of 15 kt of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M6.0 releases about 32× the energy of M5.0, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 15 kt of TNT vs 477 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M5.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 126 km so far. 1 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
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Event id jma20260930140037. First recorded here 30 Sept 2026, 05:07:25 UTC. Solutions: JMA (jma:20260930140037); GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tdit); USGS (usgs:us6000tyhk); INGV (ingv:47425502). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M6.0 earthquake 134 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan, Taiwan”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/jma20260930140037-m6-0-earthquake-134-km-e-of-hualien-city-taiwan-taiwan, data from JMA, GFZ, USGS, INGV.
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