In this paper, we investigate the localization of solutions of the Cauchy problem to a doubly degenerate parabolic equation with a strongly nonlinear source [Formula: see text] where N ≥ 1, p > 2 and m, l, q > 1. When q > l + m(p - 2), we prove that the solution u(x, t) has strict localization if the initial data u0(x) has a compact support, and we also show that the solution u(x, t) has the property of effective localization if the initial data u0(x) satisfies radially symmetric decay. Moreover, when 1 < q < l + m(p - 2), we obtain that the solution of the Cauchy problem blows up at any point of RNto arbitrary initial data with compact support.