M4.7 earthquake 59 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 59 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan on Wed, Jul 26, 1978, 11:34 AM GMT+8 (03:34 UTC), 24 km (15 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-26 03:34:00 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.186° N, 121.290° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.166 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17590 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.966 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17590 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.564 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17590 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.3100 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17585 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.773 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17578 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.588 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17578 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.483 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17572 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.279 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17559 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.294 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17554 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.767 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17536 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.464 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17591 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.276 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17591 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17591 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.579 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17591 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17591 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.4Taiwan region · 17591 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.3Taiwan region · 17592 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.045 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17592 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.589 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17592 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.274 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17592 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.4Taiwan region · 17593 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.1112 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.3105 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.6121 km N of Basco, Philippines · 17593 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.179 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.874 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.075 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.167 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.072 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 7.485 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17593 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vsn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.