April 1, 2006 Earthquake: T'Ait-Tung, Taiwan
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck T'Ait-Tung, Taiwan on April 1, 2006 at 10:02:19 UTC, 9 km below the surface.
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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
- April 1, 2006
- Time
- 10:02:19 UTC
- Place
- T'Ait-Tung, Taiwan
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 9 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 22.868° N, 121.278° E
- Country
- Taiwan
The toll
- Injuries
- 42
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Forty-two people injured and some buildings
damaged in T'ai-tung County. Felt in much of Taiwan.
Recorded (6 TAP) at T'ai-tung. Recorded (5 TAP) in
T'ai-tung; (4 TAP) in Kao-hsiung, P'ing-tung and T'ai-
nan; (3 TAP) in Chia-i, Hua-lien, Nan-t'ou and Yun-
lin; (2 TAP) in Chang-hua, Miao-li and I-lan; (1 TAP)
in P'eng-hu Counties. (sbove from reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 22, 1782, Tainan, Taiwan
- April 20, 1935, Mialoi, Taiwan
- July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, Taiwan
- September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, Taiwan
- 1721, Tainan, Taiwan
- June 6, 1862, Tainan, Taiwan
- March 16, 1906, Jiayi, Taiwan
- December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- February 1845, Zhanghua, Taiwan
- December 16, 1941, Taiwan
- January 30, 1736, Tainan, Taiwan
- August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, Taiwan
- August 28, 1916, Taiwan
- November 5, 1904, Jiayi, Taiwan
- February 5, 2016, Tainan, 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 7236.