M 4.3 earthquake – 58 km W of Yonakuni, Japan
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Local time: Sep 9, 2026 · 06:32 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 47 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.3moment magnitude (mwr)
- Depth
- 47 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 24.381, 122.43681 km from Yilan
- Energy released
- 43 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 284USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Sep 6, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 43 tons of TNT, 11 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Taiwan.
- 8.2 1920 Hualien, Taiwan Earthquake Jun 5, 1920
- 8.1 1910 Taiwan Earthquake Apr 12, 1910
- 7.8 Taiwan Nov 24, 1951
- 7.7 21 km S of Puli, Taiwan Sep 20, 1999
- 7.7 50 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan Sep 1, 1922
- 7.5 38 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan Mar 12, 1966
- 7.5 58 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Oct 21, 1951
- 7.4 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan Apr 2, 2024