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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake recorded off eastern Taiwan
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake was recorded off the eastern coast of Taiwan at 13:00 on 30 September, at a depth of 13.3 kilometres. Shaking reached a maximum intensity of level 2 across five counties, according to the Central Weather Administration. No damage or casualties have been reported.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
6 differing positions reported on location across 6 publishers; unresolved.
- newtalk臺灣東部海域
- chinanews台湾以东海域
- mirrormedia台灣東部海域
- ltn台灣東部外海
- stheadline台灣花蓮外海
- ettoday東部外海
2 differing positions reported on timing across 4 publishers; unresolved.
- newtalk13:00
- mirrormedia13:00
- ltn13:00
- ettoday3天內
WhereTaiwan
24.461, 121.073 ±120 km
First reported25 days ago
Published2026-09-30 05:46 UTC
Occurred2026-09-30
Sources6
How this travelled.
Reports9Independent tellings6
6 independently corroborated tellings.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 5.9 earthquake recorded off eastern Taiwan. 2026-09-30T05:46:13.640Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4081. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-30/13-00-5-9-2-2609f225
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