M 6.6 in Taiwan on 27 Dec 2025 15:05 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1516973
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 67.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.6574 , 122.0406
Event Date: 27 Dec 2025 15:05 UTC
27 Dec 2025 23:05 Local
Exposed Population: 260 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2025 15:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000rl2n Scaled population (raster) 0.7 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.82      
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

6.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off Taiwan 12/28/2025 12:59:00 AM.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, the second major tremor to hit the island within days. Taiwan’s weather agency, which put the magnitude at 7.0, said the q
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6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Taiwan’s northeastern coast 12/28/2025 12:59:00 AM.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit off Taiwan’s Yilan county, shaking buildings in Taipei and causing minor disruptions, with no immediate reports of casualties. TAIPEI: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern coast on Satur
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Un sismo de magnitud 6,6 sacudió las costas de Taiwán (+Videos) 12/28/2025 12:54:00 AM.

El movimiento ocurrió a una profundidad aproximada de entre 67 y 72,8 km / Foto: La Razón. Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 6,6 sacudió el mar de Filipinas la noche del sábado, cerca a Taiwán, según informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unid
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NorthEast death toll nears 10,000, Amparai badl... 12/28/2025 12:20:00 AM.

NorthEast death toll nears 10,000, Amparai badly hit [TamilNet, Tuesday, 28 December 2004, 15:07 GMT] "More than 10,000 people are dead in areas across NorthEast. In Amparai alone there were 5350 dead," said Liberation Tigers, Tuesday after
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (92), (5), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), INGV (1), TWB (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),