List of earthquakes in Taiwan
Earthquakes
Significant earthquakes are listed here from 1736 to the present. Starting with the Japanese era in 1895 there were major improvements in detection technology, allowing more detailed gathering of data.

List of earthquakes in Taiwan

Section Title: Earthquakes
Table Section Text: Significant earthquakes are listed here from 1736 to the present. Starting with the Japanese era in 1895 there were major improvements in detection technology, allowing more detailed gathering of data.

Date	Areas	Lat	Long	Depth (km)	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Houses destroyed / notes

2019-04-18	Hualien	24.06	121.54	18.8	6.1 Mw	VI	1	17

2018-02-06	Hualien	24.10	121.75	17.0	6.4 Mw	VIII	17	277	some buildings collapsed

2017-02-10	Tainan, Taipei	22.83	120.22	15.8	5.3 Mw	VII	4	power outage

2016-02-06	Tainan, Kaohsiung	22.94	120.59	23	6.4 Mw	VII	117	550	9

2015-04-20	Hualien, Taipei	24.05	122.37	5	6.3	1

2013-10-31	Hualien	23.62	121.43	19.5	6.3	0

2013-06-02	Island-wide	23.87	121.0	10.0	6.2 Mw	5	18

2013-03-27	Island-wide	23.9	121.07	19.4	5.9 Mw	V	1	97

2012-02-26	Pingtung	22.75	120.75	26.3	6.4	0

2010-03-04	Kaohsiung	22.92	120.73	5	6.3 Mw	VI	96

2009-12-19	Hualien	23.76	121.69	43	6.4 Mw	VI	6

2006-12-26	Pingtung	21.69	120.56	44.1	7.0	2	3

21.97	120.42	50.2	7.0

2004-05-01	Hualien	24.1	121.95	17.8	5.8	2

2002-05-15	Yilan, Hualien	24.6	121.9	5	6.2	1

2002-03-31	Hualien, Taipei	24.2	122.1	9.6	7.1 Mw	7	6

2000-06-11	Nantou	23.9	121.1	10.2	6.7	2

2000-05-17	Nantou	24.2	121.1	3	5.3	3

1999-09-21	Island-wide	23.9	120.8	8	7.3	2,415	51,711

1998-07-17	Nantou	23.5	120.7	3	6.2	5

1995-06-25	Yilan, Hualien	24.6	121.7	40	6.5	1	6

1995-02-23	Hualien	24.2	121.7	21.7	5.8	2

1994-09-16	Taiwan Strait	22.5	118.7	13	6.8	0	0

1994-06-05	Yilan, Hualien	24.4	121.8	5.3	6.2	1	1

1990-12-13	Hualien	23.9	121.5	3	6.5	2	3

1986-11-15	Hualien	24.0	121.8	15	6.8	15	37

1986-05-20	Hualien	24.1	121.6	16	6.2	1

1982-01-23	Yilan, Hualien	24.0	121.6	3	6.5	1

1978-12-13	Hualien	23.3	121.6	4	6.8	2

1972-04-24	Hualien	23.5	121.4	15	6.9	5	50

1972-01-25	Taitung	22.5	122.3	33	7.3	1	5

1967-10-25	Yilan	24.4	122.1	20	6.1	2	21

1966-03-13	Hualien	24.2	122.7	42	7.8	4	24

1964-01-18	Chiayi, Tainan	23.2	120.6	18	6.3	106	10,924

1963-03-04	Yilan	24.6	121.1	5	6.4	1

1963-02-13	Yilan	24.35	122.06	47	7.3 Mw	3–15	3–18	6

1959-08-15	Pingtung	21.7	121.3	20	7.1	16	1,214

1959-04-27	Northeast Taiwan	24.1	123.0	150	7.7	1	9

1957-10-20	Hualien	23.7	121.5	10	6.6	4

1957-02-24	Hualien	23.8	121.8	30	7.3	11	44

1951-11-25	Hualien	23.3	121.3	7.3	17

1951-10-22	Hualien	23.9	121.7	4	7.3	68

1946-12-05	Tainan	23.1	120.3	5	6.1	74	1,954

1943-12-02	Taitung	22.5	121.5	40	6.1	3	139

1943-10-23	Hualien	23.8	121.5	5	6.2	1	1

1941-12-17	Chiayi	23.4	120.5	12	7.1	360	4,520

1935-07-17	Hsinchu, Taichung	24.6	120.7	30	6.2	44	1,734

1935-04-21	Miaoli, Taichung	24.4	120.8	5	7.1	3,276	17,907

1930-12-08	Tainan	23.3	120.4	20	6.1	4	49

1927-08-25	Tainan	23.3	120.5	6.8 Muk	9–30	27–100	200–214	NGDC

1922-12-02	Hualien	24.6	122.0	6.0	1	1

1922-10-15	Hualien	24.6	122.3	20	5.9	6

1922-09-22	Hualien	24.5	122	20	7.6	5	14

1920-06-05	Hualien	24.6	121.9	20	8.3	5	273

1917-01-07	Central Taiwan	23.9	120.9	shallow	5.5	187

1917-01-05	Central Taiwan	24.0	121.0	shallow	6.2	54	130

1916-11-15	Central Taiwan	24.1	120.9	3	6.2	1	97

1916-08-28	Central Taiwan	24.0	121.0	45	6.8	16	614

1910-04-12	Keelung	25.1	122.9	200	8.3	13

1909-04-15	Taipei	23.7	121.5	80	7.3	9	122

1908-01-11	Hualien	23.7	121.4	10	7.3	2	3

1906-04-14	Tainan	23.4	120.4	20	6.6	15	1,794

1906-03-17	Chiayi	23.6	120.5	6	6.8 Ms	IX	1,258–1,266	2,385– 2,476	14,218–30,021

1904-11-06	Chiayi	23.6	120.3	7	6.1	145	661

1904-04-24	Chiayi	23.5	120.3	–	6.1	3	66

1897-03-15	Yilan, Taipei	–	–	–	–	56	50

1882-12-09	Island-wide	23.0	121.4	–	~7.5	10	40

1881-02-18	Taipei, Hsinchu, Miaoli	24.6	120.7	–	~6.2	11	210

1867-12-18	Taipei, Keelung, Hsinchu	25.3	121.7	–	~7.0	hundreds

1865-11-06	Taipei, Keelung	24.9	121.6	–	~6.0	"many"

1862-06-07	Tainan, Chiayi, Changhua	23.2	120.2	–	~7.0	over 500	over 500

1848-12-03	Tainan, Changhua, Chiayi	24.1	120.5	–	~7.1	1,030	13,993

1845-03-04	Chiayi, Changhua, Taichung	24.1	120.7	–	~6.0	381	4220

1815-10-13	From Chiayi northwards	24.0	121.7	–	~7.7	113	243

1811-03-17	From Chiayi northwards	23.8	121.8	–	~7.5	21	41

1792-08-09	Chiayi, Changhua, Yunlin	23.6	120.5	–	~7.1	617	24,621

1736-01-30	Tainan	23.1	120.5	–	~6.5	372	698

Muk = Unknown magnitude scale, ML = Richter magnitude scale, Ms = surface wave magnitude, and Mw = moment magnitude scale.

Sentence(s)

The 1946 Hsinhua earthquake claimed 74 lives.

final_sentence: The 1946 Hsinhua earthquake claimed 74 lives.