Taiwan earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake Taiwan region

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Taiwan region on Tue, Jul 25, 1978, 7:54 AM GMT+8 (23:54 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (ms), moderate
Local time: Tue, Jul 25, 1978, 7:54 AM GMT+8
UTC: 1978-07-24 23:54:44 UTC
Depth: 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 22.135° N, 121.437° E
Region: Taiwan
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: VII, very strong shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used: 89

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vrp (also filed as atlas19780724235445, iscgem679878). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC.