Taiwan earthquakes in 1975
24 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Taiwan in 1975. The largest: M6.6 184 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan, Mar 23, 1975.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1975 was located in Taiwan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1975
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.8118 km S of Hengchun, Taiwan · 14 km deep
- 4.614 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 25 km deep
- 5.2Taiwan · 66 km deep
- 4.776 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 62 km deep
- 5.0171 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 15 km deep
- 5.213 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 28 km deep
- 5.023 km W of Tainan, Taiwan · 6 km deep
- 4.824 km WNW of Tainan, Taiwan · 23 km deep
- 4.964 km ESE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 105 km deep
- 5.111 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 50 km deep
- 5.2180 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 19 km deep
- 5.2189 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 10 km deep
- 6.2Taiwan region · 6 km deep
- 5.4167 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 25 km deep
- 4.84 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.769 km ESE of Yujing, Taiwan · 47 km deep
- 5.5Taiwan region · 32 km deep
- 4.6197 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.9190 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.7178 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.8186 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.5191 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 4.5187 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
- 6.6184 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 21 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1975 | 0 | ||
| February 1975 | 0 | ||
| March 1975 | 8 | 6.6 | 184 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan |
| April 1975 | 2 | 4.8 | 4 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan |
| May 1975 | 3 | 6.2 | Taiwan region |
| June 1975 | 2 | 5.2 | 180 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan |
| July 1975 | 4 | 5.2 | 13 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan |
| August 1975 | 2 | 5.0 | 171 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan |
| September 1975 | 0 | ||
| October 1975 | 0 | ||
| November 1975 | 2 | 5.2 | Taiwan |
| December 1975 | 1 | 4.8 | 118 km S of Hengchun, Taiwan |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.