Taiwan earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake Taiwan region

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck in the Taiwan region on Sat, Mar 22, 1986, 5:57 PM GMT+8 (09:57 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 32 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time: Sat, Mar 22, 1986, 5:57 PM GMT+8
UTC: 1986-03-22 09:57:48 UTC
Depth: 36.6 km (22.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 24.739° N, 122.825° E
Region: Taiwan
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 113.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002s2e (also filed as iscgem501129). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.