December 8, 1937 Earthquake: Taidong, Taiwan

Date

December 8, 1937

Time

08:32:11 UTC

Place

Taidong, Taiwan

Magnitude

7 (Ms)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

22.900° N, 121.200° E

Country

Taiwan

Injuries

1

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

5

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 · 192 km
• April 20, 1935, Mialoi, TaiwanM6 · 3,276 deaths · 17,907 houses destroyed · 161 km
• July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,746 deaths · 30,000 houses destroyed · 193 km
• September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, TaiwanM7.6 · 2,297 deaths · $14 billion · 111 km
• 1721, Tainan, Taiwan2,000 deaths · 103 km
• June 6, 1862, Tainan, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths · 135 km
• March 16, 1906, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,258 deaths · 6,769 houses destroyed · 106 km
• December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,001 deaths · 20,300 houses destroyed · 151 km
• February 1845, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6 · 380 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed · 151 km
• December 16, 1941, TaiwanM7.1 · 319 deaths · 1,768 houses destroyed · 102 km
• January 30, 1736, Tainan, TaiwanM6 · 260 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 95 km
• August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, TaiwanM6.8 · 252 deaths · 14,889 houses destroyed · 106 km
• August 28, 1916, TaiwanM6.5 · 180 deaths · 614 houses destroyed · 94 km
• November 5, 1904, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.3 · 145 deaths · 661 houses destroyed · 114 km
• February 5, 2016, Tainan, TaiwanM6.4 · 117 deaths · $700 million · 61 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 8011.