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Historic Earthquake
1978 Taiwan Earthquake
23 December 1978 · Pintung · Taiwan
On 23 December 1978 at 11:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan (Pintung), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 62 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (oceanic transform fault). It killed at least 2 people and injured 3.
- Date
- 23 December 1978
- Time
- 11:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 3
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kueishantao (178 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