(Unconfirmed) Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 6 km depth15 Nov 00:03 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 7 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeNov 14, 2025 23:56:25 UTC - Local time at epicenterSaturday, Nov 15, 2025, at 07:56 am (GMT +8)Statusunconfirmed (automatic detection)Magnitude4.2Depth6.2 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude24.88°N / 122.03°ETaiwanSeismic antipode24.88°S / 57.97°WParaguayShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Nearest volcanoKueishantao (12 km / 7 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 23.3°C (74 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from ENEEstimated seismic energy released1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.2 | about seismic energy15 minutes agoNov 14, 2025 23:56 GMT / Nov 15, 2025 07:56 am (GMT +8)Lat / Lng: 24.88 / 122.03: Taiwan RegionSource: RaspberryShakeOther sources: BMKG: 4.4 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22394652',24.88000,122.03000,'15 minutes ago: Mag. 4.2, Taiwan Region',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in TaiwanNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Taipei, the capital of Taiwan with 7,900,000 inhabitants, in 54 km (34 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry31 km (19 mi)SW of epicenterYilan(pop: 94,200)III: WeakTaiwanTaiwan32 km (20 mi)NW of epicenterJiufen(pop: 3,100)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan33 km (20 mi)W of epicenterPinglin(pop: 6,500)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan40 km (25 mi)NW of epicenterKeelung(pop: 397,500)III: WeakTaiwanTaiwan43 km (27 mi)NW of epicenterXizhi(pop: 204,600)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan48 km (30 mi)W of epicenterWulai(pop: 6,180)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan50 km (31 mi)NW of epicenterNeihu(pop: 271,600)III: WeakTaipei City, TaiwanTaiwan54 km (34 mi)W of epicenterTaipei(pop: 7,871,900)III: WeakTaiwanTaiwan59 km (36 mi)W of epicenterBanqiao(pop: 543,300)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan61 km (38 mi)W of epicenterNew Taipei City(pop: 4,004,400)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan63 km (39 mi)W of epicenterShulin(pop: 180,000)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan65 km (41 mi)NW of epicenterShimen(pop: 12,600)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan67 km (41 mi)W of epicenterSanxia(pop: 115,200)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan67 km (42 mi)NW of epicenterDanshui(pop: 189,300)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan68 km (42 mi)NW of epicenterSanzhi(pop: 23,500)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan69 km (43 mi)W of epicenterYingge(pop: 87,900)III: WeakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan75 km (46 mi)W of epicenterDaxi(pop: 94,200)III: WeakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan75 km (47 mi)W of epicenterTaoyuan City(pop: 402,000)III: WeakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan75 km (47 mi)W of epicenterBade(pop: 209,100)III: WeakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan107 km (67 mi)W of epicenterHsinchu(pop: 404,100)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan109 km (68 mi)SW of epicenterHualien City(pop: 350,500)II: Very weakHualien, TaiwanTaiwan115 km (72 mi)W of epicenterToufen Township(pop: 106,300)II: Very weakMiaoli, TaiwanTaiwan148 km (92 mi)SW of epicenterPuli(pop: 86,400)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan151 km (94 mi)SW of epicenterXizhou(pop: 28,600)II: Very weakTaichung City, TaiwanTaiwan159 km (99 mi)SW of epicenterTaichung(pop: 1,040,700)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan163 km (101 mi)SW of epicenterWufeng(pop: 65,600)II: Very weakTaichung City, TaiwanTaiwan165 km (103 mi)SW of epicenterBuzi(pop: 40,500)II: Very weakTaichung City, TaiwanTaiwan169 km (105 mi)SW of epicenterCaotun(pop: 96,800)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan170 km (106 mi)SW of epicenterZhongxing New Village(pop: 25,500)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan175 km (109 mi)SW of epicenterChanghua(pop: 226,600)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan175 km (109 mi)SW of epicenterNantou(pop: 105,700)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan180 km (112 mi)SW of epicenterYuanlin(pop: 124,700)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan182 km (113 mi)SW of epicenterShetou(pop: 36,600)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan184 km (115 mi)SW of epicenterYongjing(pop: 35,400)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan185 km (115 mi)SW of epicenterZhushan(pop: 44,100)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan185 km (115 mi)SW of epicenterTianzhong(pop: 34,900)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan188 km (117 mi)SW of epicenterXihu(pop: 47,000)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan189 km (118 mi)SW of epicenterBeidou(pop: 33,300)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan199 km (124 mi)SW of epicenterDouliu(pop: 104,700)II: Very weakYunlin, TaiwanTaiwan224 km (139 mi)SW of epicenterChiayi City(pop: 263,200)II: Very weakChiayi, TaiwanTaiwanNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Compare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2025-11-14EpicenterAgency4.26.2 km3.9 mi23:56:25Taiwan RegionRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)4.410 km6.2 mi(*)23:56:26Taiwan Region14 km (8.6 mi) epicenter difference with RaspberryShakeBMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Aftershocks for this quakeNo aftershocks have been recorded so far. When aftershocks are detected, we will update this section.What are aftershocks?Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 5 or so) such as this one are usually followed by smaller ones known as aftershocks that occur in the same area during the days, weeks, months or even years after the main shock.[More info]What about this quake?Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake likely ruptured beneath a surface area of approximately 2 km2 (1 square miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 2 km (1 mi).[More info]Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake)Nov 15, 2025 07:56 am (GMT +8)15 minutes ago4.26.2 km0 km - This quakePhilippine Sea, 31 km NE of Yilan, TaiwanMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 267 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.55 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.8 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 5.3 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 79 quakes per year (or 6.6 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 122 quakes per year (or 10.2 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 234 quakes per year (or 19.5 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 265 quakes per year (or 22.1 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 15 quakes above magnitude 6 since 2000, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 1 to 5 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquakeThe earthquake occurred 1 day 23 hours after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake had hit on Thursday, Nov 13, 2025, at 09:22 am local time (Asia/Taipei GMT +8) in 41 km (26 mi) distance to the southwest:Mag. 4.5 earthquake 39 km south of Taipei - Taiwan - The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 7.4. It had occurred 1 year 32 weeks ago earlier, on Wednesday, Apr 3, 2024, at 07:58 am local time (Asia/Taipei GMT +8) in Taiwan:Mag. 7.4 earthquake Philippine Sea - 16 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan - Apr 3, 2024 - Below is a list and map of larger or recent quakes that had occurred near the epicenter before this earthquake (within up to 100 km/61 mi distance, up to 300 km/183 mi for very large quakes above mag. 7). Filter and sort the list by magnitude or time.Max results102050100AllMagnitudeAll2+3+4+5+6+7+8+Time before48 hours1 week30 days1 year5 years30 yearsAny ageDate and TimeMagDepthDistanceLocationDetailsMapNov 13, 09:22 am (Taipei)4.550 km41 km (26 mi) to the SW 39 km south of Taipei, Taiwan I FELT IT - 2 reportsInfoOct 24, 11:34 am (Taipei)4.4274 km87 km (54 mi) to the NEast China Sea, 69 km northeast of Keelung, TaiwanInfoOct 18, 11:04 am (GMT +9)5.040 km71 km (44 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 59 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 11 reportsInfoOct 12, 11:12 pm (Taipei)4.022 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 19 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 1 reportInfoSep 21, 12:36 pm (Taipei)4.526 km82 km (51 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 32 km northeast of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoAug 28, 09:22 pm (Taipei)4.323 km73 km (45 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 39 km northeast of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoMay 10, 2024 03:45 pm (Taipei)5.811 km78 km (48 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 39 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 18 reportsInfoApr 3, 2024 08:11 am (Taipei)6.414 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 16 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 32 reportsInfoApr 3, 2024 07:58 am (Taipei)7.440 km124 km (77 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 16 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan 232 reportsInfoOct 24, 2021 01:11 pm (Taipei)6.166 km48 km (30 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 34 km south of Yilan, Taiwan 46 reportsInfoDec 10, 2020 09:19 pm (Taipei)6.167 km18 km (11 mi) to the SEPhilippine Sea, 36 km east of Yilan, Taiwan 98 reportsInfoAug 8, 2019 05:28 am (Taipei)5.710 km43 km (27 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 34 km southeast of Yilan, Taiwan 92 reportsInfoApr 18, 2019 01:01 pm (Taipei)6.027 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 16 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 205 reportsInfoFeb 7, 2018 11:21 pm (Taipei)5.715 km94 km (59 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 134 km west of Kumi Island, Okinawa, Japan 20 reportsInfoFeb 6, 2018 11:50 pm (Taipei)6.417 km91 km (57 mi) to the SW 18 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan 52 reportsInfoFeb 4, 2018 09:56 pm (Taipei)6.112 km87 km (54 mi) to the S22 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan 32 reportsInfoMay 31, 2016 01:23 pm (GMT +8)6.3247 km91 km (57 mi) to the NE Taiwan Region 19 reportsInfoMay 12, 2016 11:17 am (Taipei)5.716 km21 km (13 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 25 km east of Yilan, Taiwan 16 reportsInfoApr 20, 2015 10:42 am (GMT +9)6.630 km88 km (55 mi) to the SEPhilippine Sea, 64 km southwest of Kumi Island, Okinawa, Japan 35 reportsInfoDec 11, 2014 05:03 am (GMT +8)6.1259 km88 km (55 mi) to the NEEast China Sea, 112 km northeast of Taipei, Taiwan 2 reportsInfoMar 19, 2014 08:19 pm (GMT +8)5.820 km89 km (55 mi) to the S 68 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan 5 reportsInfoJun 10, 2012 05:00 am (GMT +8)5.970 km41 km (25 mi) to the SEPhilippine Sea, 54 km east of Yilan, TaiwanInfoOct 30, 2011 12:23 pm (GMT +9)5.7224 km100 km (62 mi) to the NEEast China Sea, 139 km east of Taipei, TaiwanInfoJul 14, 2009 02:05 am (GMT +8)6.317 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 61 km east of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoSep 7, 2007 01:51 am (GMT +8)6.253 km63 km (39 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 66 km southeast of Yilan, TaiwanInfoJul 28, 2006 04:40 pm (GMT +9)5.933 km92 km (57 mi) to the SEPhilippine Sea, 56 km southwest of Kumi Island, Okinawa, JapanInfoSep 6, 2005 09:16 am (GMT +8)5.832 km90 km (56 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 61 km east of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoMar 6, 2005 03:08 am (Taipei)5.710 km21 km (13 mi) to the SWPhilippine Sea, 17 km east of Yilan, TaiwanInfoMar 6, 2005 03:06 am (Taipei)5.73.5 km29 km (18 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 23 km southeast of Yilan, TaiwanInfoNov 11, 2004 10:16 am (GMT +8)5.750 km56 km (35 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 101 km southeast of Taipei, TaiwanInfoOct 15, 2004 01:08 pm (GMT +9)6.794 km78 km (48 mi) to the SEPhilippine Sea, 31 km west of Kumi Island, Okinawa, JapanInfoJun 9, 2003 09:52 am (Taipei)5.848 km52 km (32 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 47 km southeast of Yilan, TaiwanInfoJul 11, 2002 03:36 pm (GMT +8)5.844 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 70 km east of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoMay 29, 2002 12:45 am (GMT +8)6.133 km93 km (58 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 68 km east of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoMay 15, 2002 11:46 am (Taipei)6.210 km29 km (18 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 22 km southeast of Yilan, TaiwanInfoMar 31, 2002 02:52 pm (GMT +8)7.133 km69 km (43 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 67 km northeast of Hualien City, TaiwanInfoJun 14, 2001 10:35 am (Taipei)5.932 km41 km (25 mi) to the SPhilippine Sea, 39 km southeast of Yilan, TaiwanInfoMap of earlier quakes in the area of this quakeMax results102050100AllMagnitudeAll2+3+4+5+6+7+8+Time before48 hours1 week30 days1 year5 years30 yearsAny ageOldest quakes are shown in yellow, most recent in red.[quakes -][quakes +][smaller][bigger]