The 2019 Hualien earthquake (Chinese: 418花蓮地震) struck Hualien County, Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.1 on 18 April at 13:01 local time (05:01 UTC).

[2] A 6.1 earthquake hit Taiwan which caused damage to weak buildings and roads in Taipei and other districts.

[3] This was a moment magnitude earthquake 9 kilometres off of Hualien County, Taiwan.

One of the two injured hikers which is identified as from Malaysia later died in local hospital on 28 April as the only fatality in the earthquake, which is the worst since 2018.

[4] Train services on Taipei's subway were suspended as were the airport subway to Taoyuan International Airport and most other metro and train systems in various parts of Taiwan, especially those around eastern and northern Taiwan, for safety inspections.