What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1935
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Where
- Taiwan
- Coordinates
- 24.30° N, 120.80° E
- Deaths
- 3276
- Injuries
- 12053
- Houses destroyed
- 17907
- Intensity mmi
- 8
1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake
Earthquake in Taiwan
The 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake occurred with a Richter magnitude of 7.1 (7.1 Mw) in April 1935 with its epicenter in Miaoli, Taiwan. It was the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan's recorded history, claiming 3,276 lives and causing extensive damage. Twelve seconds after the mainshock, an aftershock of ML 6.0 occurred, centered on Gabi Village.
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- 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 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake struck western Taiwan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “台灣中部發生大地震，造成新竹州及台中州3,276人死亡，12,053人受傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page