M4.6 earthquake 43 km NE of Puli, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 43 km NE of Puli, Taiwan on Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 9:04 AM GMT+8 (01:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 54 km SE of Puli, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-09-30 01:04:06 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.292° N, 121.211° 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 1.6 and up: 44 in the 60 days after this one and 112 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.324 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.925 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 75 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.117 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9862 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.231 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9861 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9861 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.638 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9861 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.46 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9860 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.340 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9860 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.924 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9859 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.928 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9858 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.916 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9858 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.832 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9857 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.325 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.911 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.535 km SW of Yilan, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.149 km S of Daxi, Taiwan · 9855 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.917 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9854 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.19 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.547 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.034 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.914 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9852 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.915 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9851 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.322 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9851 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.327 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9849 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.24 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9847 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.66 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9846 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.934 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9844 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.454 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9844 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.847 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9844 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9844 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.42 km NNW of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9841 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.611 km SSW of Nantou, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.236 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.931 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9837 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.313 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9832 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.66 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9832 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.45 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9832 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.331 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9832 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.822 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9832 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.344 km NE of Puli, Taiwan · 9827 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.99 km SSE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9821 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7Taiwan · 9814 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.35 km SE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9811 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.244 km SW of Yilan, Taiwan · 9804 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 4.10 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.928 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.66 km NE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.235 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9864 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.216 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.430 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.631 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.335 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.912 km E of Puli, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.821 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.736 km WNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.77 km NNW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9865 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.931 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.041 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 6.531 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9866 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.635 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.429 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 5.150 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.335 km NW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.79 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9867 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
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