M3.8 earthquake Taiwan region
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in the Taiwan region on Sat, Mar 29, 1986, 1:19 PM GMT+8 (05:19 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 34 km NNW 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
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-29 05:19:06 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.760° N, 122.883° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 120 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.434 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.462 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.039 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14787 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.638 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14786 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.557 km SSE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.327 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.944 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14783 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.744 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14781 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.361 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14780 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.788 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14778 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.429 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14777 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.054 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14766 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.162 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14766 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.011 km ESE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.515 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.339 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.162 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14756 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.576 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14750 days ago · 72 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.850 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14737 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 4.438 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14788 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.659 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.439 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.948 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.333 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.448 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14790 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.424 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14790 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.031 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14790 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.845 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.837 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.242 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 31 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.786 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.039 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.456 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.341 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.845 km N of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.537 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.571 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.652 km NE of Yonakuni, Japan · 14792 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002sd9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.