December 27, 2025 Earthquake: Wugu, Taiwan

Date

December 27, 2025

Time

15:05:55 UTC

Place

Wugu, Taiwan

Magnitude

6.6 (Mw)

Focal depth

63 km (39 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

24.684° N, 122.035° E

Country

Taiwan

Deaths

1

Damage

$100 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 · 157 km
• April 20, 1935, Mialoi, TaiwanM6 · 3,276 deaths · 17,907 houses destroyed · 132 km
• July 16, 1935, Xiinzhu, TaiwanM6.5 · 2,746 deaths · 30,000 houses destroyed · 125 km
• September 20, 1999, Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong, TaiwanM7.6 · 2,297 deaths · $14 billion · 156 km
• March 16, 1906, Jiayi, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,258 deaths · 6,769 houses destroyed · 197 km
• December 3, 1848, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6.8 · 1,001 deaths · 20,300 houses destroyed · 168 km
• December 18, 1867, Chilung (Keelung), TaiwanM7 · 580 deaths · 74 km
• February 1845, Zhanghua, TaiwanM6 · 380 deaths · 4,000 houses destroyed · 168 km
• August 9, 1792, Jiayi, Tainan, TaiwanM6.8 · 252 deaths · 14,889 houses destroyed · 197 km
• August 28, 1916, TaiwanM6.5 · 180 deaths · 614 houses destroyed · 159 km
• October 13, 1815, TaiwanM6.5 · 111 deaths · 102 km
• October 22, 1951, TaiwanM7.3 · 68 deaths · 2,382 houses destroyed · 104 km
• April 12, 1910, TaiwanM7.8 · 60 deaths · 13 houses destroyed · 102 km
• March 19, 1897, Yilan, TaiwanM6 · 56 deaths · 50 houses destroyed · 24 km
• January 4, 1917, Puli, TaiwanM6.3 · 54 deaths · 130 houses destroyed · 144 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 10972.