A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the waters off Hualien County, Taiwan at 7:35 a.m. on the 16th, with noticeable tremors felt in many coastal areas of Fujian.

According to an official determination by the China Earthquake Networks Center, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred at 7:35 a.m. on August 16 in the waters off Hualien County, Taiwan (23.74 degrees north latitude, 121.95 degrees east longitude), at a focal depth of 16 kilometers.

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center's rapid report catalog, 373 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or above have occurred within 200 kilometers of the epicenter over the past five years, the largest being the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck the waters off Hualien County, Taiwan on April 3, 2024 (23 kilometers from this epicenter).

After the earthquake, strong tremors were felt in Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and many other places in Fujian Province.

Information provided by the Fujian Earthquake Agency shows that the epicentral intensity was about 8 degrees; the reporter's location, 372 kilometers from the epicenter, experienced an impact of about 3 degrees.

At 17:06 on August 15, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in Yilan County, Taiwan, with noticeable tremors also felt in many coastal areas of Fujian.