City seismic atlas · Taiwan
Reported earthquakes near Taipei
Taipei is used as the centre of a 300 km search over northern Taiwan and nearby offshore areas. The GeoNames population field is retained as source metadata only; the earthquake radius is not an administrative or hazard boundary.
- Centre
- 25.053, 121.526
- Radius
- 300 km
- Time zone
- Asia/Taipei
USGS · 2016–2025
Reported M4+ history near Taipei
Source period: –
- M4.0+
- 1,756
- M5.0+
- 221
- M6.0+
- 20
Strongest event in the period
M7.4 · 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan
- UTC
- Apr 2, 2024, 11:58 PM
- Depth
- 40 km
- Distance from search centre
- 136 km
Nearest event in the period
M4.3 · 11 km SE of Taipei, Taiwan
- UTC
- May 31, 2021, 7:53 AM
- Depth
- 40.32 km
- Distance from search centre
- 12 km
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Saved snapshot for the period dated below; it may be outdated. The latest shared package is requested when this page opens.
Shared package · 30 days
Recently reported earthquakes near Taipei
5 M2.5+ events within 300 km in the shared 30-day package
Package generated: . Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquake24 methodology
What this view means
This page selects reported epicentres within 300 km of the GeoNames coordinates for Taipei. Historical counts use magnitude 4.0 or greater over ten complete calendar years. Recent events come from Earthquake24's shared 30-day package.
GeoNames records a population of 7,871,900 for this entry. It is a source field, not a metropolitan population figure.
Source of earthquake data: U.S. Geological Survey. USGS does not endorse Earthquake24 or ZENIT GROUP S.A.S.. City search data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.