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Historic Earthquake
1910 Taiwan Earthquake
12 April 1910 · Taiwan
On 12 April 1910 at 00:22 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Taiwan, at a depth of 200 km. It occurred on the Yangtze Plate, 49 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 60 people. 13 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 12 April 1910
- Time
- 00:22 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 200 km
- Deaths
- 60
- Homes Destroyed
- 13
- Plate
- Yangtze Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kueishantao (92 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19861986 Hualien Earthquake · M 7.815 deaths
- 1972Taiwan · M 7.7
- 19661966 Hualien Earthquake · M 8.07 deaths
- 1938Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.6
- 1922Taiwan · M 7.65 deaths
- 19201920 Hualien Earthquake · M 8.25 deaths
- 1917Ne of Taiwan · M 7.7
- 1915Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth