M4.5 earthquake 79 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 79 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan on Tue, Jul 25, 1978, 12:16 PM GMT+8 (04:16 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 83 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (ms), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-25 04:16:25 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.531° N, 121.270° E
- Region
- Taiwan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17599 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.276 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17598 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.464 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17598 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.759 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17598 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.166 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17598 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.966 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17598 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.564 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17597 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.3100 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17592 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.773 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17586 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.588 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17586 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.483 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17580 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.279 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17567 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.294 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17561 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.767 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17543 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17599 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.4Taiwan region · 17599 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.3Taiwan region · 17599 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.045 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17599 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.589 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.274 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4Taiwan region · 17600 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3105 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.179 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.874 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.075 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.167 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.072 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 7.485 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17600 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vrt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.