M4.7 earthquake 54 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 54 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan on Sun, Jul 18, 1982, 10:22 PM GMT+8 (14:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 73 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan. 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
- 1982-07-18 14:22:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.387° N, 122.112° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.936 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 16127 days ago · 109 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.033 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 16123 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.227 km E of Jiufen, Taiwan · 16108 days ago · 77 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.327 km S of Yonakuni, Japan · 16094 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.522 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan · 16088 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.373 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan · 16087 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.024 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 16082 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.244 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 16079 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.768 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan · 16079 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ng3 (also filed as iscgemsup595524). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.