M3.9 earthquake 17 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan on Mon, May 8, 2000, 7:47 AM GMT+8 (23:47 UTC), 68 km (42 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
- 3.9 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-07 23:47:51 UTC
- Depth
- 68.3 km (42.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.032° N, 121.124° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.429 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9632 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.128 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9632 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.224 km N of Puli, Taiwan · 9631 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.218 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan · 9629 days ago · 59 km deep · 33 km away
- 6.429 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9607 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.335 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9606 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9603 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.534 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9599 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9599 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.3Taiwan · 9598 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.743 km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9582 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009skd. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.