What the records say
- When
- 14 Nov 1986
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 23.90° N, 121.57° E
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 50
- Max water height m
- 0.3
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.8
- Runups
- 5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1986 Hualien earthquake
The 1986 Hualien earthquake occurred on November 15, 1986, when a strong earthquake with a recorded magnitude of 7.4 struck Hualien City in Taiwan. The earthquake killed 15 people and injured 44. Landslides occurred along a highway between Su'ao and Hualien. The Taiwan–Guam and Taiwan–Okinawa undersea telecommunication cables were damaged. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with a maximum height of 0.3 m.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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