May 3, 1998 Earthquake: Taiwan
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Taiwan on May 3, 1998 at 23:30:21 UTC, 33 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 3, 1998
- Time
- 23:30:21 UTC
- Place
- Taiwan
- Magnitude
- 7.5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 22.306° N, 125.308° 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.
1998, May 3. Minor local tsunami generated with recorded wave
heights of 4 cm on Miyako-shima and 3 cm on Ishigaki-shima
and at Naha, Okinawa. Felt (III JMA) on Iriomote-shima,
Ishigaki-shima, Miyako-shima and Yonaguni; (I JMA) on Amami
O-shima, Kikai-shima, Okinawa and in the southern part of
Kyushu. Also felt in parts of eastern Taiwan.
(reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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 6502.