Taiwan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 63 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan on Wed, Jun 28, 2000, 7:35 PM GMT+8 (11:35 UTC), 107 km (66 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 62 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2000-06-28 11:35:01 UTC
Depth
106.7 km (66.3 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
24.600° N, 122.361° 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

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Depth from
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Stations used
28

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.48 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9582 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 4.515 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9581 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.652 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9581 days ago · 136 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.728 km E of Yilan, Taiwan · 9579 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.431 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.728 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 4.639 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 4.8Taiwan · 9574 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 4.637 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9572 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 4.631 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9570 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 5.062 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9564 days ago · 128 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 4.455 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9553 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away

Before

  1. 3.625 km ENE of Yonakuni, Japan · 9599 days ago · 106 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.035 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9603 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 4.448 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan · 9613 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009va1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.