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Taiwan spans the Yangtze, Philippine Sea and Okinawa plates. It has 2 volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years, 0 of which have erupted since 1900. Since 1900, 82 major earthquakes have been recorded, causing at least 10,937 deaths.
- Continent
- Asia
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Extreme HeatHigh
- WildfireHigh
- VolcanoLow
- Water ScarcityLow
Volcanoes (2)
Volcanoes active over the last 10,000 years; year of the last known eruption.
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
Earthquakes that caused deaths or significant damage, or of magnitude 7.5 and above (NOAA).
Deadliest
- 1935Mialoi · M 6.03,276 deaths
- 1935Xiinzhu · M 6.52,746 deaths
- 1999Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong · M 7.62,297 deaths
- 1906Jiayi · M 6.81,258 deaths
- 1941Taiwan · M 7.1319 deaths
- 1916Taiwan · M 6.5180 deaths
Regions
Regions with volcanoes, major earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones or famous faults.
Tsunamis
20 major tsunamis have reached Taiwan since 1900. The deadliest and highest are listed below.
- 2024Tsunami (Taiwan) · 1.0 m
- 1960Tsunami (Chile) · 0.6 m
- 2022Tsunami (Tonga) · 0.4 m
- 1996Tsunami (Indonesia) · 0.3 m
- 1951Tsunami (Taiwan) · 0.3 m
- 2006Tsunami (Taiwan) · 0.3 m
- 2010Tsunami (Chile) · 0.2 m
- 1963Tsunami (Taiwan) · 0.2 m
Tropical Cyclones
74 major tropical cyclones have made landfall in Taiwan since 1950. The deadliest and most powerful are listed below.
- 1990Typhoon Yancy · 157 km/h216 deaths
- 2015Typhoon Soudelor · 176 km/h59 deaths
- 2013Typhoon Soulik · 144 km/h15 deaths
- 1992Typhoon Omar · 102 km/h15 deaths
- 1982Typhoon Andy · 176 km/h13 deaths
- 1986Typhoon Abby · 163 km/h13 deaths
- 2018Tropical Storm Ewiniar · 0 km/h5 deaths
- 1959Typhoon Joan · 274 km/h
- 2000Typhoon Bilis · 250 km/h
- 1962Typhoon Opal · 241 km/h
Sources : Natural Earth · Wikidata · INFORM Risk Index (1 September 2026 v 0.7.3), Commission européenne, CC BY 4.0 · NOAA NCEI · ThinkHazard!, GFDRR, CC BY · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution