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M4.2 earthquake 18 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Taichung, Taiwan on Sun, May 21, 2000, 1:28 AM GMT+8 (17:28 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 29 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-05-20 17:28:05 UTC
Depth
59.1 km (36.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
24.199° N, 120.852° E
Region
Taiwan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Recorded (4 TAP) at Chang-hua and in western Nan-tou County; (2 TAP) at Tai-chung; (1 TAP) at Chia-i.

From the USGS event page for usp0009t7v. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 6.429 km ESE of Puli, Taiwan · 9609 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.335 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9608 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 4.222 km WNW of Hsinchu, Taiwan · 9604 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 4.534 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9601 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 4.220 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9601 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 5.3Taiwan · 9600 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.48 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9583 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 4.515 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9582 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 4.438 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9577 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 5.46 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9576 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 4.633 km SE of Puli, Taiwan · 9576 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 4.631 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9571 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 5.224 km N of Puli, Taiwan · 9632 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 5.128 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9634 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 5.429 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9634 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.917 km ENE of Puli, Taiwan · 9643 days ago · 68 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 4.813 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9644 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.537 km NNE of Puli, Taiwan · 9652 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 4.049 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan · 9655 days ago · 53 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009t7v. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.