March 19, 1897 Earthquake: Yilan, Taiwan

Date

March 19, 1897

Place

Yilan, Taiwan

Magnitude

6 (Ms)

Intensity

8 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

24.700° N, 121.800° E

Country

Taiwan

Deaths

56

Injuries

100

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

50

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• May 22, 1782, Tainan, Taiwan40,000 deaths · 133 km
• April 20, 1935, Mialoi, TaiwanM6 · 3,276 deaths · 17,907 houses destroyed · 111 km
• July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,746 deaths · 30,000 houses destroyed · 102 km
• September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, TaiwanM7.6 · 2,297 deaths · $14 billion · 139 km
• March 16, 1906, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,258 deaths · 6,769 houses destroyed · 180 km
• December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,001 deaths · 20,300 houses destroyed · 148 km
• December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), TaiwanM7 · 580 deaths · 72 km
• February 1845, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6 · 380 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed · 148 km
• August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, TaiwanM6.8 · 252 deaths · 14,889 houses destroyed · 180 km
• August 28, 1916, TaiwanM6.5 · 180 deaths · 614 houses destroyed · 144 km
• October 13, 1815, TaiwanM6.5 · 111 deaths · 82 km
• October 22, 1951, TaiwanM7.3 · 68 deaths · 2,382 houses destroyed · 101 km
• April 12, 1910, TaiwanM7.8 · 60 deaths · 13 houses destroyed · 113 km
• January 4, 1917, Puli, TaiwanM6.3 · 54 deaths · 130 houses destroyed · 127 km
• March 18, 1811, Off West Coast, Danshui, TaiwanM7 · 21 deaths · 75 km

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