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Historic Earthquake
1938 Taiwan Earthquake
6 December 1938 · Taiwan
On 6 December 1938 at 23:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 118 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental collision). 13 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 6 December 1938
- Time
- 23:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Homes Destroyed
- 13
- 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