M3.6 earthquake 19 km NNW of Taichung, Taiwan
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 19 km NNW of Taichung, Taiwan on Wed, Jan 12, 2000, 1:47 PM GMT+8 (05:47 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 47 km NNE 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
- 3.6 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-01-12 05:47:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.316° N, 120.623° E
- Region
- Taiwan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Recorded (3 TAP) in southwestern I-lan County and (1 TAP) at Chang-hua, Hua-lien and Tai-chung.
From the USGS event page for usp0009m1s. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.547 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9755 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.015 km SSE of Hsinchu, Taiwan · 9755 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.5Taiwan · 9751 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.130 km WSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9741 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009m1s. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC.