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Historic Earthquake
1917 Taiwan Earthquake
4 July 1917 · Northeast of Taiwan · Taiwan
On 4 July 1917 at 00:38 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Taiwan (Northeast of Taiwan), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Yangtze Plate, 24 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 4 July 1917
- Time
- 00:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 60 km
- Plate
- Yangtze Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Submarine Volcano NNE of Iriomotejima (105 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
- 1915Sw Ryukyu Islands · M 7.7
- 19101910 Taiwan Earthquake · M 7.860 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth