M3.7 earthquake 28 km E of Yilan, Taiwan
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 28 km E of Yilan, Taiwan on Mon, Jul 10, 2000, 2:23 PM GMT+8 (06:23 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 6 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-10 06:23:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 24.749° N, 122.036° E
- Region
- Taiwan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Recorded (2 TAP) at I-lan and (1 TAP) at Hua-lien and Taipei.
From the USGS event page for usp0009w4r. 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
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.431 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9576 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.728 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9576 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.46 km W of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9576 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.639 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.8Taiwan · 9575 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.637 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9573 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.631 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9571 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.062 km WNW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9565 days ago · 128 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.455 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9554 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.652 km NW of Yonakuni, Japan · 9582 days ago · 136 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.515 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9582 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.48 km N of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9583 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.463 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan · 9591 days ago · 107 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.035 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9604 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009w4r. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:03 PM UTC.