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Historic Earthquake
1964 Baihe Earthquake
18 January 1964 · Tainan · Taiwan
On 18 January 1964 at 12:04 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan (Tainan), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 24 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 107 people and injured 479. 3,000 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 18 January 1964
- Time
- 12:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 107
- Injuries
- 479
- Homes Destroyed
- 3,000
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19991999 Jiji Earthquake · M 7.62,297 deaths
- 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
- 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