M4.4 earthquake 25 km NE of Puli, Taiwan
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 25 km NE of Puli, Taiwan on Wed, Apr 19, 2000, 10:04 PM GMT+8 (14:04 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 29 km ESE 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-04-19 14:04:20 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.106° N, 121.170° 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.049 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9653 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.537 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9650 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.813 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9643 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.917 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9641 days ago · 68 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.429 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9632 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.128 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9632 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 5.224 km N of Puli, Taiwan · 9631 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.218 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9629 days ago · 59 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.448 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan · 9612 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 6.429 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9607 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.335 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9606 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9603 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.222 km WNW of Hsinchu, Taiwan · 9602 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009rhs. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.