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Historic Earthquake
1967 Taiwan Earthquake
25 October 1967 · Hualien · Taiwan
On 25 October 1967 at 00:59 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan (Hualien), at a depth of 65 km. It occurred on the Okinawa Plate, 43 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 2 people. 23 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 25 October 1967
- Time
- 00:59 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 65 km
- Deaths
- 2
- Homes Destroyed
- 23
- Plate
- Okinawa Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kueishantao (45 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
- 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