M6.4 earthquake 29 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan on Sun, Jun 11, 2000, 2:23 AM GMT+8 (18:23 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (mwc), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-06-10 18:23:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.843° N, 121.225° E
- Region
- Taiwan
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5564), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 36
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 12.9% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 2.5 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 342°, dip 10°, rake 51°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 201°, dip 82°, rake 96°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 377
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.335 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9607 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9603 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.534 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9599 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.220 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9599 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.3Taiwan · 9598 days ago · 50 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.743 km ENE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9582 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.48 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9581 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.515 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9581 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.833 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9578 days ago · 66 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.438 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.431 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.728 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.46 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.633 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.639 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.8Taiwan · 9573 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.637 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9571 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.631 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9569 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 5.7Taiwan · 9560 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.529 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9555 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.233 km NE of Puli, Taiwan · 9551 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.363 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9550 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ucq (also filed as choy20000610182329, gcmtc061000j, gcmt20000610182329, iscgem1736378, atlas20000610182328). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.