M3.5 earthquake 64 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 64 km SE of Lugu, Taiwan on Sun, Apr 29, 2001, 2:37 PM GMT+8 (06:37 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 67 km E of Yujing, Taiwan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-29 06:37:14 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 23.338° N, 121.206° 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) in Chia-i and Yun-lin Counties; (3 TAP) at Chia-i and in Kao-hsiung and Nan-tou Counties; (2 TAP) at Chang-hua; (1 TAP) in Tai-nan County.
From the USGS event page for usp000ae5a. 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.093 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9279 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.397 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9276 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.125 km SSE of Puli, Taiwan · 9274 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.226 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 9264 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.192 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9252 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.375 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9246 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.669 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan · 9246 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.987 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9240 days ago · 84 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.467 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9237 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.178 km E of Yujing, Taiwan · 9237 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.347 km NE of Donggang, Taiwan · 9230 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ae5a. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.