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Record of disastrous earthquakes during 1901 ~ 2000
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1
1901/06/0708:05
N24.7
E121.8
LocIn the vicinity of Yilan
Mag5.6
Collapsed houses: 1
 
2
1904/04/2414:39
N23.5
E120.3
LocIn the vicinity of Chiayi
Mag6.1
Toll: 3Collapsed houses: 66
 
3
1904/11/0604:25
N23.6
E120.3
LocIn the vicinity of Chiayi
Dep7 km
Mag6.1
Toll: 145Collapsed houses: 661
Earthquake happened in Douliou (斗六). Shinkang (新港) had rifts and sand blasting.
4
1905/08/2812:22
N24.2
E121.7
LocIn the vicinity of Liwu River
Dep5 km
Mag6.0
 
5
1906/03/1706:43
N23.6
E120.5
LocMingshiung, Chiayi
Dep6 km
Mag7.1
Toll: 1258Collapsed houses: 6769
Earthquake happened in Meishan (梅山). It had fault from northern Meitzukan (梅仔坑) to Minghsiung.
6
1906/03/2611:29
N23.7
E120.5
LocYulin, and Douliou Area
Dep5 km
Mag5.0
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 29
 
7
1906/04/0420:42
N23.7
E120.5
LocYulin, and Douliou Area
Dep5 km
Mag4.9
Collapsed houses: 5
 
8
1906/04/0712:52
N23.4
E120.4
LocYanshuei Harbor
Mag5.3
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 63
Many precipices in Dapu (大埔) were broken out in July and August.
9
1906/04/1403:18
N23.4
E120.4
LocYanshuei Harbor
Dep20 km
Mag6.6
Toll: 15Collapsed houses: 1794
It had another quake in 7:52, and had rifts, sand blasting and precipices
10
1908/01/1111:35
N23.7
E121.4
LocIn the vicinity of Wangrung
Dep10 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 2Collapsed houses: 3
There were rifts, and precipices broken in Yuli (玉里舊稱璞石閣).
11
1909/04/1503:54
N25.0
E121.5
LocIn the vicinity of Taipei
Dep80 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 9Collapsed houses: 122
 
12
1909/05/2318:44
N24.0
E120.9
LocIn the vicinity of Puli, Nantou
Mag5.9
Collapsed houses: 10
 
13
1909/11/2115:36
N24.4
E121.8
LocIn the vicinity of Dananao
Dep20 km
Mag7.3
Collapsed houses: 14
 
14
1910/04/1208:22
N25.1
E122.9
Loccoastal waters of eastern Keelung
Dep200 km
Mag8.3
Collapsed houses: 13
 
15
1913/01/0806:50
N24.0
E121.6
LocIn the vicinity of Hualien
Mag6.4
Collapsed houses: 2
Rifts
16
1916/08/2815:27
N24.0
E121.0
LocUpriver of Zhoushui River
Dep45 km
Mag6.8
Toll: 16Collapsed houses: 614
Nantou earthquake series 14 houses were sunk.
17
1916/11/1506:31
N24.1
E120.9
Loc20 km southeast of Taichung
Dep3 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 97
Nantou earthquake series
18
1917/01/0500:55
N24.0
E121.0
LocIn the vicinity of Puli
DepShallow
Mag6.2
Toll: 54Collapsed houses: 130
Nantou earthquake series
19
1917/01/0702:08
N23.9
E120.9
LocIn the vicinity of Puli
DepShallow
Mag5.5
Collapsed houses: 187
Nantou earthquake series
20
1918/03/2711:52
N24.6
E121.9
LocIn the vicinity of Suao
Mag6.2
 
21
1920/06/0512:21
N24.0
E122.0
LocCoastal waters of eastern Hualien
Dep20 km
Mag8.3
Toll: 5Collapsed houses: 273
 
22
1922/09/0203:16
N24.5
E122.2
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Dep20 km
Mag7.6
Toll: 5Collapsed houses: 14
 
23
1922/09/1503:31
N24.6
E122.3
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Dep20 km
Mag7.2
Collapsed houses: 24
 
24
1922/09/1706:44
N23.9
E122.5
LocCoastal waters of east Hualien
Mag6.0
Collapsed houses: 6
 
25
1922/10/1507:47
N24.6
E122.3
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Dep20 km
Mag5.9
Toll: 6
 
26
1922/12/0211:46
N24.6
E122.0
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Mag6.0
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 1
 
27
1922/12/1319:26
N24.6
E122.1
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Mag5.5
 
28
1923/02/2818:12
N24.6
E122.0
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Mag-
Collapsed houses: 1
 
29
1923/03/0508:10
N24.5
E121.8
LocCoastal waters of Suao
Mag-
Collapsed houses: 1
 
30
1923/05/0418:41
N23.3
E120.3
LocIn the vicinity of Wusanto
Mag5.7
Collapsed houses: 1
 
31
1923/09/2914:51
N22.8
E121.1
LocIn the vicinity of Taitung
Mag5.5
Collapsed houses: 1
 
32
1925/06/1413:38
N24.1
E121.8
LocEstuary of Leewu River
Dep20 km
Mag5.6
 
33
1927/08/2502:09
N23.3
E120.3
LocIn the vicinity of Sinying, Tainan
Dep20 km
Mag6.5
Toll: 11Collapsed houses: 214
 
34
1930/12/0816:01
N23.3
E120.4
LocIn the vicinity of Sinying, Tainan
Dep20 km
Mag6.1
Toll: 4Collapsed houses: 49
165 houses were collapsed. Rifts and sand blasting are in Tsengwen(曾文) Area
35
1930/12/2208:08
N23.3
E120.4
LocIn the vicinity of Sinying, Tainan
Dep10 km
Mag6.5
Collapsed houses: 121
There are rifts and sand blasting in Tainan City. Many precipices in Sinying were broken out
36
1931/01/2423:02
N23.4
E120.1
LocMidstream of Bazhang River
Dep20 km
Mag5.6
There were some damages in the vicinity of Chiayi.
37
1934/08/1106:18
N24.8
E120.8
LocOutlet of Zhoushui river, Yilan
DepShallow
Mag6.5
Collapsed houses: 7
 
38
1935/04/2106:02
N24.4
E120.8
LocIn the vicinity of GuanDaoShan
Dep5 km
Mag7.1
Toll: 3276Collapsed houses: 17907
Hsinchu-Taichung disastrous earthquake There were faults in Shihtan(獅潭), and Tuntzuchiao (屯子腳)
39
1935/05/0507:02
N24.5
E120.8
LocIn the vicinity of midstream of Houlung river
Dep10 km
Mag6.0
Collapsed houses: 28
Aftershocks of Hsinchu-Taichung disastrous earthquake were happened.
40
1935/05/3003:43
N24.1
E120.8
LocMidstream of Dadu river
Dep20 km
Mag5.6
Collapsed houses: 2
Aftershocks of Hsinchu-Taichung disastrous earthquake were happened.
41
1935/06/0710:51
N24.2
E120.5
LocIn the vicinity of Wuchi(梧棲)
Dep20 km
Mag5.7
Collapsed houses: 5
 
42
1935/07/1700:19
N24.6
E120.7
LocOutlet of Houlung river
Dep30 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 44Collapsed houses: 1734
Aftershocks of Hsinchu-Taichung disastrous earthquake were happened.
43
1935/09/0409:38
N22.5
E121.5
Locnortheast 50km, Taidung. In the vicinity of Lyudao
Dep20 km
Mag7.2
 
44
1936/08/2214:51
N22.0
E121.2
Loc50km east of Hengchuen.
Dep30 km
Mag7.1
 
45
1939/11/0711:53
N24.4
E120.8
LocIn the vicinity of Jhuolan, Hsinchu county.
Dep10 km
Mag5.8
Collapsed houses: 4
 
46
1941/12/1703:19
N23.4
E120.5
Loc10 km northeast of Chiayi City. In the vicinity of Chungpu.
Dep12 km
Mag7.1
Toll: 358Collapsed houses: 4520
Chungpu (中埔) disastrous earthquake in Chiayi Area. There was a landslip in Caoling(草嶺)
47
1943/10/2300:01
N23.8
E121.5
Loc15km southwest of
Dep5 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 1
There were 2 road rifts, and 7 wires broken.
48
1943/11/0300:51
N24.0
E121.8
Loc15km southwest of Hualien
Mag5.0
 
49
1943/11/2405:51
N24.0
E121.7
Loc5km east of Hualien
Dep0 km
Mag5.7
There were 78 chimneys damaged
50
1943/12/0213:09
N22.5
E121.5
Loc20km south of Lyudao (綠島)
Dep40 km
Mag6.1
Toll: 3Collapsed houses: 139
There were 36 precipices broken out.
51
1944/02/0601:20
N23.8
E121.4
LocIn the vicinity of Fenglin (鳳林), Hualien
Dep5 km
Mag6.4
Collapsed houses: 2
There are several damaged at Shangtaihe(上太和), Baichuan(白川), in Hualien City
52
1946/12/0506:47
N23.1
E120.3
LocIn the vicinity of Sinhua (新化), Tainan
Dep5 km
Mag6.1
Toll: 74Collapsed houses: 1954
Sinhua earthquake There were rifts, wire poles and railway distortion.
53
1951/10/2205:34
N23.9
E121.7
Loc15km east south-east of Hualien m
Dep4 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 68
Rift Valley Earthquakes series Landslip and rifts, railway distortion
54
1951/10/2211:29
N24.1
E121.7
Loc30km east south-east of Hualien m
Dep1 km
Mag7.1
1951/10/2213:43
N23.9
E122.0
Dep18 km
Mag7.1
1951/11/2502:47
N23.1
E121.2
Dep16 km
Mag6.1
Rift Valley Earthquakes series
55
1951/11/2502:50
N23.2
E121.4
Loc30km north of Taidung
Dep36 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 17Collapsed houses: 1016
Rift Valley Earthquakes series
56
1955/04/0419:11
N21.8
E120.9
LocHengChuen
Dep5 km
Mag6.8
Collapsed houses: 22
 
57
1957/02/2404:26
N23.8
E121.8
LocHualien
Dep30 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 11Collapsed houses: 44
Landslip。
58
1957/10/2002:28
N23.7
E121.5
LocHualien
Dep10 km
Mag6.6
Toll: 4
 
59
1959/04/2704:41
N24.1
E123.0
LocYonaguni (與那國)
Dep150 km
Mag7.7
Toll: 1Collapsed houses: 9
 
60
1959/08/1516:57
N21.7
E121.3
LocHengChuen
Dep20 km
Mag7.1
Toll: 16*Collapsed houses: 1214*
Hengchuen earthquake
61
1959/08/1716:25
N22.3
E121.2
Loc35km of east south of Dawu (大武)
Dep40 km
Mag5.6
Collapsed houses: 3
 
62
1959/08/1808:34
N22.1
E121.7
Loc98km east of Hengchuen
Dep15 km
Mag6.1
Collapsed houses: 32
 
63
1959/09/2510:37
N22.1
E121.2
Loc50km east of Hengchuen
Dep10 km
Mag6.5
Collapsed houses: 3
 
64
1963/02/1316:50
N24.4
E122.1
Loc50km east south south-east of Yilan
Dep47 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 3*Collapsed houses: 6*
There is a landslide in Suhua Highway Landslip
65
1963/03/0421:38
N24.6
E121.1
Loc16km south south-east of Yilan
Dep5 km
Mag6.4
Toll: 1
There are a moderate shock and a rift in Suao
66
1963/03/1010:53
N24.5
E121.9
Loc19km south south-east of Yilan
Dep5 km
Mag6.1
 
67
1964/01/1820:04
N23.2
E120.6
Loc43km east north-east of Tainan
Dep18 km
Mag6.3
Toll: 106*Collapsed houses: 10924*
Baihe (白河) earthquake Rifts and sand blasting.
68
1964/02/1713:50
N23.2
E120.6
Loc50km east north of Tainan
Dep10 km
Mag5.9
Collapsed houses: 422
Aftershock of Baihe earthquake was happened.
69
1965/05/1801:19
N22.5
E120.8
Loc26km west north-west of Dawu
Dep21 km
Mag6.5
Collapsed houses: 21
There were earthquake sound in Penghu and Taitung.
70
1966/03/1300:31
N24.2
E122.7
LocHualien open sea
Dep42 km
Mag7.8
Toll: 4*Collapsed houses: 24*
 
71
1967/10/2508:59
N24.4
E122.1
Loc58 km east south of Yilan
Dep20 km
Mag6.1
Toll: 2*Collapsed houses: 21*
There was a landslip in Changcheun Bridge(長春橋), Hualein.
72
1972/01/2510:07
N22.5
E122.3
Loc120km east south of Taitung
Dep33 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 1*Collapsed houses: 5*
 
73
1972/04/2417:57
N23.5
E121.4
Loc4km east south-east of Reishui, Hualein
Dep15 km
Mag6.9
Toll: 5Collapsed houses: 50
Reishui strong shock
74
1978/12/2319:23
N23.3
E122.1
Loc81 km east north of Chengkung (成功)
Dep4 km
Mag6.8
Toll: 2
 
75
1982/01/2322:11
N24.0
E121.6
Loc12km east south of Hualien
Dep3 km
Mag6.5
Toll: 1
There are a landslide and rifts in Taipingshan(太平山), Yilan
76
1986/05/2013:25
N24.1
E121.6
Loc15km north west of Hualien
Dep16 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 1*
There were landslides in Suhua and Central Cross-Island Highway Railway was distorted in North Link Line
77
1986/11/1505:20
N24.0
E121.8
Loc10km east north of Hualien
Dep15 km
Mag6.8
Toll: 13*Collapsed houses: 37*
Railway breach and distortion in North Link Line. 2/3 houses at Huayang market collapsed in Zhonghe(中和)
78
1990/12/1311:01
N23.9
E121.5
Loc10km north of Hualien
Dep3 km
Mag6.5
Toll: 2*Collapsed houses: 3*
There were landslides in Suhua and Central Cross-Island Highway. Many houses were damaged in some places.
79
1990/12/1403:49
N23.9
E121.8
Loc30km east south of Hualien
Dep1 km
Mag6.7
 
80
1991/03/1214:04
N23.2
E120.1
LocIn the vicinity of Chiali (佳里), Tainan
Dep12.3 km
Mag5.9
 
81
1992/04/2002:32
N23.8
E121.6
Loc15.1km south west of Hualien
Dep8.1 km
Mag5.6
There were landslide in Huadung Coast highway(花東海岸公路) and falling stone in Reikang Highway(瑞港公路)
82
1992/05/2907:19
N23.1
E121.4
Loc5.0km north of Chengkung
Dep13.7 km
Mag5.4
The walls in Fuli(富里), Hualien were damaged. Industrial road was breached
83
1993/12/1605:49
N23.2
E120.5
Loc10.0 km west South-west of Dapu (大埔)
Dep12.5 km
Mag5.7
Dapu earthquake. Houses in Dapu were damaged and foundations of houses were broken.
84
1994/06/0509:09
N24.4
E121.8
Loc34.8km south of Yilan
Dep5.3 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 1*Collapsed houses: 1*
Nanao earthquake There was a landslide in Suhua Highway and a breach in Central Cross-Island Highway. Also, roads In Nanfangao(南方澳) had rifts. 25 houses were collapsed, 1person killed and 2 people injured by earthquake.
85
1995/02/2313:19
N24.2
E121.7
Loc26km north west of Hualien
Dep21.7 km
Mag5.8
Toll: 2*
There were falling stone hit tour bus in Central Cross-Island Highway.
86
1995/06/2514:59
N24.6
E121.7
Loc19km west west-south of Yilan
Dep40 km
Mag6.5
Toll: 1*Collapsed houses: 6*
Niudoua earthquake(牛鬥地震) Some houses were fallen down at valley in Baichi village(白雞山莊), Sanshia(三峽)
87
1998/07/1712:51
N23.5
E120.7
Loc14. km west of Mt. Ali
Dep3 km
Mag6.2
Toll: 5*Collapsed houses: 18*
Chiayi Reili (瑞里) Earthquake. Reili hotel was seriously damaged. Many of Roads and railways were breached. Some of houses in Chiayi-Tainan Area were collapsed.
88
1999/09/2101:47
N23.9
E120.8
Loc9km west of Sun Moon lake
Dep8 km
Mag7.3
Toll: 2415*Collapsed houses: 51711*
The largest earthquake in Taiwan in 20 century. Chelungpu fault (車籠埔斷層) was moved up to 80 km. There were some large disasters in Taichung and Nantou (ChiChi Earthquake)(集集大地震)
89
1999/10/2210:19
N23.5
E120.4
Loc2.5km west north of Chiayi City
Dep12.1 km
Mag6.4
Collapsed houses: 7*
Chiayi Earthquake
90
2000/05/1711:25
N24.2
E121.1
Loc40.8km north east of Sun Moon Lake
Dep3 km
Mag5.3
Toll: 3*
Falling stone in Central Cross-Island Highway and Puwu Highway (埔霧公路).
91
2000/06/1102:23
N23.9
E121.1
Loc47.4km north of Mt. Jade
Dep10.2 km
Mag6.7
Toll: 2*
Falling stone in Central Cross-Island Highway and Puwu Highway (埔霧公路).
Data Source: Cited by S. N. Tzeng & Y. T. Yeh (1989) Catalog of Earthquake in Taiwan from 1604 to 1988. Research for Institute of Earth Science, Academia Sinica, p. 8-10.
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