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
Original source ↗

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
Original source ↗

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Saved snapshot for the period dated below; it may be outdated.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

Taipei25.053, 121.526Loading interactive map…

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.