May 24, 1994 Earthquake: Taiwan
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Taiwan on May 24, 1994 at 04:00:42 UTC, 16 km below the surface. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- May 24, 1994
- Time
- 04:00:42 UTC
- Place
- Taiwan
- Magnitude
- 6.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 16 km (10 mi)
- Intensity
- 4 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 23.959° N, 122.448° E
- Country
- Taiwan
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
1994, May 24. Felt (IV JMA) at Su-ao, (III JMA) at Taipei, Chia-i and Hua-lien; (II JMA) at Tai-nan, Tai-chung and Tai-tung. Felt (III JMA) on Yonaguni-jima and Iriomote-jima; (II JMA) on Ishigaki-shima, Ryukyu Islands. Two events about 2.7 seconds apart. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 24, 1771, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
- April 20, 1935, Mialoi, Taiwan
- July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, Taiwan
- September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, Taiwan
- December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), Taiwan
- February 1845, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- August 28, 1916, Taiwan
- October 13, 1815, Taiwan
- October 22, 1951, Taiwan
- April 12, 1910, Taiwan
- March 19, 1897, Yilan, Taiwan
- January 4, 1917, Puli, Taiwan
- March 18, 1811, Off West Coast, Danshui, Taiwan
- April 2, 2024, Hua-Lien, Taiwan
More
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Sources
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 9819.