February 26, 2012 Earthquake: Pingtung, Taiwan
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Pingtung, Taiwan on February 26, 2012 at 02:35:00 UTC, 28 km below the surface.
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
- February 26, 2012
- Time
- 02:35:00 UTC
- Place
- Pingtung, Taiwan
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 28 km (17 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 22.661° N, 120.891° E
- Country
- Taiwan
The toll
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage in Pingtung. Felt (V) at Yongkang; (IV) at Kaohsiung and Tainan; (III) at Taichung and Taipei. Felt (III) at Xiamen, Fujian. Recorded (5 TAP) in Pingtung and Taitung; (4 TAP) in Chiayi and Yunlin; (3 TAP) in Changhua, Hualien, Nantou and Penghu; (2 TAP) in Miaoli and Yilan.
Recorded (1 JMA) on Hateruma-jima, Ishigaki-jima and
Yonaguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 20, 1935, Mialoi, 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
- June 27, 1839, Jiayi, Taiwan
- January 18, 1964, Tainan, Taiwan
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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 9904.