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Historic Earthquake
1972 Taiwan Earthquake
25 January 1972 · Taiwan
On 25 January 1972 at 02:06 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Taiwan, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 128 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 1 person. 5 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 25 January 1972
- Time
- 02:06 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Homes Destroyed
- 5
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1972Taiwan · M 7.7
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- 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