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Historic Earthquake
1966 Hualien Earthquake
12 March 1966 · Taiwan
On 12 March 1966 at 16:31 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Taiwan, at a depth of 48 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 49 km from its boundary with the Philippine Sea Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 7 people and injured 10.
- Date
- 12 March 1966
- Time
- 16:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 48 km
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 10
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kueishantao (105 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19861986 Hualien Earthquake · M 7.815 deaths
- 1972Taiwan · M 7.7
- 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
- 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