Earthquake
M4.2 Earthquake near Hualien City Taiwan
- Reported
- 2026-09-13 19:21 UTC(3 hours ago)
- Last update
- 2026-09-13 19:43 UTC(2 hours ago)
- Nearby cameras
- 5(nearest 62 km)
- Data sources
- USGS
What’s happening
This page tracks a earthquake record for 46 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan, alongside nearby public live cameras. 5 public live cameras in the TubeTraveler directory sit within 97 km of it.
Seismic monitoring recorded a magnitude 4.2 earthquake near 46 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan on 2026-09-13 at 19:21 UTC. The hypocentre was reported at a depth of about 12 km. Every figure on this page is taken from the official sources credited below and may be revised as those agencies issue updates.
- Magnitude
- M4.2
- Depth
- 12 km
Where it is
Source data places this event at 46 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan. Coordinates are 23.599, 121.402 — the single point agencies use to summarise the event, not the boundary of the area involved. Administratively this falls in Taiwan.
Nearby Live Cameras for M4.2 Earthquake near Hualien City Taiwan
62 km from the reported event location · matched by location and camera category
- Primary
🇹🇼 Alishan Webams, Taiwan
- Distance
- 62 km away
- Camera type
- 🏙️ City View
- Local time
- 6:07 AM
- Weather
- ☀️ Clear sky, 12°C
- Sunset
- 10:02 UTC
- Live status
- Online at last check
- Last checked
- 19 hours ago
Matched by location and camera category — Alishan Webams is about 62 km from the reported event location.
Nearby cameras may show general local conditions but may not show the event itself, damage, or emergency response activity.
Watch on the original YouTube channel (阿里山國家風景區管理處) →Why these cameras were matched
Cameras here were selected by searching the TubeTraveler directory inside a 150 km radius of the reported location, which returned 5 results with usable coordinates. The closest of them, Hualien - Liyu Lake in Hualien, is about 49 km away. Camera category was weighted as well: for earthquake the ranking favours nature and city view views. Distance is measured from the coordinates the reporting agency published, so it describes proximity rather than line of sight.
What the cameras may show
These cameras may let you observe general weather, visibility and traffic across the city and sky colour, haze and daylight conditions over open terrain. What is visible changes with daylight, weather and where each camera happens to point.
What the cameras cannot confirm
These streams cannot be used to establish the scale of any damage, injuries, casualties or the condition of anyone involved, whether an official evacuation or alert is in force, anything happening outside the camera’s field of view, and the intensity of shaking at any particular address. There is also no guarantee that the event itself is visible from any of these cameras — a stream may be pointing elsewhere, be delayed, or be showing an ordinary day in a place that is otherwise affected.
Other nearby live cameras
Distances are measured from the reported event location.
🇹🇼 Hualien, Taiwan
- Distance
- 49 km away
- Camera type
- 🌳 Nature
- Local time
- 6:07 AM
- Weather
- 🌤️ Mostly clear, 24°C
- Sunset
- 09:59 UTC
- Live status
- Online at last check
- Last checked
- 19 hours ago
Matched by location and camera category — Hualien is about 49 km from the reported event location.
Live Webcam from Xiangshan Overlooking Taipei City
🇹🇼 Live, Taiwan
- Distance
- 97 km away
- Camera type
- 🏙️ City View
- Local time
- 6:07 AM
- Weather
- ☀️ Clear sky, 25°C
- Sunset
- 10:03 UTC
- Live status
- Online at last check
- Last checked
- 19 hours ago
Matched by location and camera category — Live is about 97 km from the reported event location.
🇹🇼 Taitung, Taiwan
- Distance
- 97 km away
- Camera type
- 🏙️ City View
- Local time
- 6:07 AM
- Weather
- ⛅ Partly cloudy, 27°C
- Sunset
- 10:01 UTC
- Live status
- Online at last check
- Last checked
- 19 hours ago
Matched by location and camera category — Taitung is about 97 km from the reported event location.
🇹🇼 Taitung, Taiwan
- Distance
- 97 km away
- Camera type
- 🏙️ City View
- Local time
- 6:07 AM
- Weather
- ⛅ Partly cloudy, 27°C
- Sunset
- 10:01 UTC
- Live status
- Online at last check
- Last checked
- 19 hours ago
Matched by location and camera category — Taitung is about 97 km from the reported event location.
Event location and nearby cameras
The circle marks the location reported by the source agency; squares mark public live cameras.
Update timeline
- 2026-09-13 19:45 UTC — Event first detected via USGS
- 2026-09-13 19:45 UTC — First live cameras matched (5)
How this record was built
This record is built from data published by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Last data update: 2026-09-13 at 19:43 UTC. The attached cameras stream from Hualien, Alishan Webams, Live, and Taitung, Taiwan.
Information on this page can change as agencies publish updates. Read the methodology · Report an error on this page
Official sources
USGS
Source last updated 2026-09-13 19:43 UTC
Earthquake data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).