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Historic Earthquake
1998 Ryukyu Islands Earthquake
3 May 1998 · Taiwan
On 3 May 1998 at 23:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Taiwan, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 122 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (collision zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 3 May 1998
- Time
- 23:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 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