May 17, 2000 Earthquake: Tai-Chung County, Taiwan

Date

May 17, 2000

Time

03:25:48 UTC

Place

Tai-Chung County, Taiwan

Magnitude

5.4 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

24.223° N, 121.058° E

Country

Taiwan

Deaths

3

Injuries

13

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

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 · 64 km
• April 20, 1935, Mialoi, TaiwanM6 · 3,276 deaths · 17,907 houses destroyed · 28 km
• July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,746 deaths · 30,000 houses destroyed · 49 km
• September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, TaiwanM7.6 · 2,297 deaths · $14 billion · 50 km
• June 6, 1862, Tainan, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,000 deaths · 141 km
• 1721, Tainan, Taiwan2,000 deaths · 162 km
• March 16, 1906, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,258 deaths · 6,769 houses destroyed · 90 km
• December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,001 deaths · 20,300 houses destroyed · 58 km
• December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), TaiwanM7 · 580 deaths · 151 km
• February 1845, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6 · 380 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed · 58 km
• December 16, 1941, TaiwanM7.1 · 319 deaths · 1,768 houses destroyed · 128 km
• January 30, 1736, Tainan, TaiwanM6 · 260 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 147 km
• August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, TaiwanM6.8 · 252 deaths · 14,889 houses destroyed · 90 km
• August 28, 1916, TaiwanM6.5 · 180 deaths · 614 houses destroyed · 60 km
• November 5, 1904, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.3 · 145 deaths · 661 houses destroyed · 111 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 5559.