M4.4 earthquake 11 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan on Tue, Apr 8, 1986, 10:15 AM GMT+8 (02:15 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 16 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-08 02:15:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.680° N, 121.834° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.339 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14764 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.162 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14756 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
- 6.216 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14736 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.58 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14736 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.42 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14734 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.99 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14733 days ago · 29 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.012 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14733 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.714 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14731 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.810 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14731 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.45 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14728 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.913 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14725 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.425 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14720 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.313 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 14720 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 4.638 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14786 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.439 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14789 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.365 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.837 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14791 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.146 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14793 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.641 km W of Yonakuni, Japan · 14793 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.528 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14793 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.639 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14793 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.838 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.8Taiwan region · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.935 km W of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.937 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 43 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.562 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.929 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.664 km ESE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.147 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.829 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.059 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.926 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.632 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 14794 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002srd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.