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Historic Earthquake
1937 Taiwan Earthquake
8 December 1937 · Taidong · Taiwan
On 8 December 1937 at 08:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan (Taidong). It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 90 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental collision). 5 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 8 December 1937
- Time
- 08:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Injuries
- 1
- Homes Destroyed
- 5
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19861986 Hualien Earthquake · M 7.815 deaths
- 1972Taiwan · M 7.7
- 1972Taiwan · M 7.6
- 19661966 Hualien Earthquake · M 8.07 deaths
- 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