Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Caotun
Caotun, Taiwan, Taiwan · population 96,838. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days4M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year119M2.5+
Since 19003,483M4.5+, 281 of them M6+
How often M6+0.4 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Caotun. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 8.2 1920 Hualien, Taiwan Earthquake Jun 5, 1920
- 7.8 Taiwan Nov 24, 1951
- 7.7 21 km S of Puli, Taiwan Sep 20, 1999
- 7.7 50 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan Sep 1, 1922
- 7.5 38 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan Mar 12, 1966
- 7.5 58 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Oct 21, 1951
- 7.4 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan Apr 2, 2024
- 7.4 8 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Nov 14, 1986
- 7.4 85 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan Jul 23, 1978
- 7.4 122 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan Dec 20, 1919
The latest nearby
- 4.9 40 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan Oct 23, 2026
- 4.9 35 km ESE of Hualien City, Taiwan Oct 23, 2026
- 4.3 30 km S of Yilan, Taiwan Oct 17, 2026
- 4.7 76 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan Oct 5, 2026
- 4.0 81 km S of Yonakuni, Japan Sep 30, 2026
- 4.5 63 km S of Yonakuni, Japan Sep 30, 2026
- 5.5 75 km S of Yonakuni, Japan Sep 30, 2026
- 4.6 35 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan Sep 28, 2026
- 4.6 116 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan Sep 13, 2026
- 4.3 47 km SE of Hengchun, Taiwan Sep 13, 2026
- 4.2 50 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan Sep 13, 2026
- 4.3 58 km W of Yonakuni, Japan Sep 8, 2026
- 4.5 98 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan Sep 6, 2026
- 4.2 119 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan Sep 4, 2026
- 4.5 93 km ENE of Donggang, Taiwan Sep 3, 2026