Taiwan earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 37 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 37 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan on Fri, Sep 24, 1999, 11:38 AM GMT+8 (03:38 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.5 31 km SE of Puli, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1999-09-24 03:38:29 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
24.294° N, 121.067° E
Region
Taiwan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV JMA) in the epicentral area; (II JMA) at Hua-lien and Tai-chung; (I JMA) at Taipei. Also felt (I JMA) on Peng-hu Tao.

From the USGS event page for usp0009ey0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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
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Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 68 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.623 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.75 km NNW of Lugu, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.338 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.79 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9869 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.335 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9869 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 5.150 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9869 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 4.429 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9868 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 4.635 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9868 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 6.531 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9868 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 4.041 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9868 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 3.931 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 4.77 km NNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 4.736 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 4.821 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 4.912 km E of Puli, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 5.335 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 4.631 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 3.430 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 4.216 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 4.235 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 4.66 km NE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 3.928 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 4.10 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 4.643 km NE of Puli, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 4.324 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 4.117 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9863 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 5.231 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9863 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 4.543 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 3.638 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 4.46 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 4.340 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 4.924 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9861 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  33. 4.928 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9860 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 3.916 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9859 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 4.832 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9859 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 4.325 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9858 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 4.911 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9858 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 3.535 km SW of Yilan, Taiwan · 9857 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  39. 4.149 km S of Daxi, Taiwan · 9857 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 3.917 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 4.19 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9855 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 4.547 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9855 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  43. 4.034 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9855 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  44. 3.914 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9854 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 3.915 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 4.322 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9852 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 5.327 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9851 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 4.24 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9848 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 4.66 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9848 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 4.934 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9846 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 5.454 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9846 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 4.847 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9846 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 4.554 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9845 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 4.42 km NNW of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9843 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 4.024 km E of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9842 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 4.611 km SSW of Nantou, Taiwan · 9842 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 4.236 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 3.931 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9839 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 4.313 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9834 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 4.66 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9834 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 68.

Before

  1. 4.516 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 5.022 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 4.114 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9870 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 4.550 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 4.625 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 5.334 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.52 km E of Puli, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 4.836 km NE of Puli, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 4.426 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.55 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9871 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.022 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 4.221 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 4.519 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 5.340 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 3.811 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 4.636 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 4.421 km S of Lugu, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 4.927 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 4.239 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 5.839 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9872 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ey0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.