Special Municipality

Tainan

Taiwan · Asia

Tainan is a special municipality of Taiwan, in Asia. It spans the Yangtze and Philippine Sea plates. Records include 4 major earthquakes since 1900.

Tectonic Plates

• Yangtze Plate
• Philippine Sea Plate

Major Earthquakes Since 1900

• 19641964 Baihe Earthquake · M 7.0107 deaths
• 19461946 Hsinhua Earthquake · M 6.858 deaths
• 19411941 Chungpu Earthquake · M 7.1319 deaths
• 1906Jiayi · M 6.515 deaths

• Country Profile · Taiwan

Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002