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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Yongkang, Tainan, Taiwan

Published: 21 August 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Fri, 22 Aug 2025, 06:28 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Just 21 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Yongkang, Tainan, Taiwan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Friday, August 22nd, 2025, at 2:06 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.2, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 5.0, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.0, and Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 4.6.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should have been widely felt by almost everyone in the area of the epicenter. It might have caused light to moderate damage.
Moderate shaking probably occurred in Yujing (pop. 16,600) located 7 km from the epicenter.
In Yongkang (pop. 233,700) located 19 km from the epicenter, Tainan (pop. 771,200) 25 km away, Budai (pop. 19,300) 36 km away,

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