What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1959
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Where
- Taiwan
- Coordinates
- 22.18° N, 121.13° E
- Deaths
- 16
- Injuries
- 63
- Depth km
- 60
1959 Hengchun earthquake
Earthquake in Taiwan
The 1959 Hengchun earthquake struck the southern tip of Taiwan on August 15. With a Richter magnitude of 7.1, it was the tenth deadliest earthquake in twentieth century Taiwan, killing 16 or 17 people.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The magnitude 7.1 Hengchun earthquake occurs offshore southern Taiwan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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