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Historic Earthquake
2024 Hualien Earthquake
2 April 2024 · Hua-Lien · Taiwan
On 2 April 2024 at 23:58 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Taiwan (Hua-Lien), at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Philippine Sea Plate, 50 km from its boundary with the Okinawa Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 18 people and injured 1,155. 111 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 2 April 2024
- Time
- 23:58 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 40 km
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 1,155
- Homes Destroyed
- 111
- Homes Damaged
- 1,939
- Estimated Damage
- 2.5 billion US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Philippine Sea Plate
- Country
- Taiwan
- Nearest Volcano
- Kueishantao (117 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