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M4.4 Earthquake near Hengchun Taiwan

ArchivedLow severityHengchun, Taiwan
Reported
2026-08-12 19:54 UTC(49 days ago)
Last update
2026-08-13 14:31 UTC(48 days ago)
Nearby cameras
0
Data sources
USGS

What’s happening

Earthquake reported at 11 km SW of Hengchun, Taiwan. 2 public live cameras in the TubeTraveler directory sit within 104 km of it.

A magnitude 4.4 event was located near 11 km SW of Hengchun, Taiwan on 2026-08-12 at 19:54 UTC. Reported focal depth is approximately 16 km. All figures above come directly from the agencies credited at the bottom of this page and can change as they publish updates.

Magnitude
M4.4
Depth
16 km

Where it is

The event is recorded at 11 km SW of Hengchun, Taiwan. Coordinates are 21.939, 120.651 — the single point agencies use to summarise the event, not the boundary of the area involved. The event sits within Taiwan.

No nearby live camera

No public live camera in the TubeTraveler directory currently falls inside the 150 km search radius used for this event type, so nothing has been attached here. Browse the full camera map instead.

Why these cameras were matched

TubeTraveler searched its public camera directory within 150 km of the reported location for this event type and found 2 cameras with usable coordinates. The closest of them, Taitung - Duoliang Station in Taitung, is about 104 km away. Ranking also accounts for camera type — city view views score higher for earthquake. Distance is measured from the coordinates the reporting agency published, so it describes proximity rather than line of sight.

What the cameras may show

Depending on the camera you open, you may be able to see general weather, visibility and traffic across the city. What is visible changes with daylight, weather and where each camera happens to point.

What the cameras cannot confirm

What a camera view cannot tell you is 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.

Event location and nearby cameras

The circle marks the location reported by the source agency; squares mark public live cameras.

Update timeline

  1. 2026-08-13 14:35 UTC — Event first detected via USGS
  2. 2026-08-13 14:35 UTC — First live cameras matched (2)

How this record was built

This record is built from data published by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. Last data update: 2026-08-13 at 14:31 UTC. Cameras attached here are located in Taitung (Taiwan).

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Official sources