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Taiwan earthquakes in 1978

53 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Taiwan in 1978. The largest: M7.4 85 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan, Jul 23, 1978.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19771979

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Where every quake of 1978 was located in Taiwan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1978

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.998 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  2. 5.3118 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  3. 5.0106 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  4. 5.073 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  5. 4.7100 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  6. 4.5112 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  7. 7.094 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  8. 4.661 km E of Yilan, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  9. 4.556 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  10. 4.529 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 37 km deep
  11. 4.671 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  12. 4.668 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 43 km deep
  13. 5.223 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  14. 5.419 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 15 km deep
  15. 5.021 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 21 km deep
  16. 5.033 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  17. 5.128 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 21 km deep
  18. 5.030 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  19. 4.738 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 8 km deep
  20. 5.38 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  21. 5.118 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 4 km deep
  22. 6.127 km SSE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 109 km deep
  23. 5.279 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  24. 4.842 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 48 km deep
  25. 5.483 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  26. 5.339 km NNW of Hsinchu, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  27. 5.553 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 22 km deep
  28. 4.588 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  29. 4.773 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 15 km deep
  30. 4.937 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan · 27 km deep
  31. 4.564 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  32. 4.759 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 24 km deep
  33. 5.276 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 28 km deep
  34. 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  35. 4.579 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 11 km deep
  36. 4.570 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  37. 5.4Taiwan region · 18 km deep
  38. 5.589 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 30 km deep
  39. 5.274 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  40. 5.179 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  41. 4.874 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  42. 5.075 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 26 km deep
  43. 5.167 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  44. 5.072 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  45. 7.485 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  46. 4.562 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  47. 5.048 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan · 2 km deep
  48. 4.921 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  49. 4.5112 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 29 km deep
  50. 4.523 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 54 km deep
  51. 5.775 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 25 km deep
  52. 4.530 km SE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 100 km deep
  53. 5.044 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 63 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1978 in Taiwan.

  1. 7.485 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  2. 7.094 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  3. 6.127 km SSE of Jiufen, Taiwan · 109 km deep
  4. 5.775 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan · 25 km deep
  5. 5.553 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan · 22 km deep
  6. 5.589 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 30 km deep
  7. 5.419 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 15 km deep
  8. 5.483 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  9. 5.4Taiwan region · 18 km deep
  10. 5.3118 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  11. 5.38 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  12. 5.339 km NNW of Hsinchu, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  13. 5.223 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  14. 5.279 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 10 km deep
  15. 5.276 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 28 km deep
  16. 5.274 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  17. 5.118 km NNE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 4 km deep
  18. 5.128 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 21 km deep
  19. 5.179 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  20. 5.167 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan · 19 km deep
  21. 5.0106 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  22. 5.073 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 33 km deep
  23. 5.021 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 21 km deep
  24. 5.033 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 17 km deep
  25. 5.030 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan · 19 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 197815.044 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan
February 19780
March 197814.530 km SE of Jiufen, Taiwan
April 197825.775 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan
May 197835.048 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan
June 197814.562 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan
July 1978167.485 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan
August 197875.553 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
September 1978106.127 km SSE of Jiufen, Taiwan
October 197814.668 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan
November 197844.661 km E of Yilan, Taiwan
December 197877.094 km SSE of Hualien City, 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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Taiwan nowWorldwide in 1978

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.