M4.7 earthquake Taiwan
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck in Taiwan on Fri, Oct 22, 1999, 4:34 PM GMT+8 (08:34 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 17 km E of Pizitou, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-10-22 08:34:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.442° N, 120.505° 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 1.7 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.712 km E of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9839 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.817 km E of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.738 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.130 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.236 km S of Lugu, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.236 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9838 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.543 km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9827 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.962 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9826 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.366 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9825 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.482 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9825 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.99 km SSE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9821 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.53 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9819 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.315 km SE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9819 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.722 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9815 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.120 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9815 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.035 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9815 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.339 km ESE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9814 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.7Taiwan · 9813 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.35 km SE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9811 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.465 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9802 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.358 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9802 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 5.68 km SE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.611 km SSW of Nantou, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.024 km E of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.97 km SE of Pizitou, Taiwan · 9840 days ago · 33 km deep · 0 km away
- 4.42 km NNW of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan · 9841 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.554 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9843 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.847 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9843 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.454 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9843 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.327 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9849 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.547 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.9Taiwan · 9853 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.325 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.472 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.832 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9856 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.740 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9857 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.928 km ESE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9857 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.924 km SSE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9858 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.340 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9859 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.638 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9860 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.543 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9860 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009gde. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC.