Tsunami — Taiwan

When

26 Dec 2006

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

21.80° N, 120.55° E

Deaths

2

Injuries

40

Max water height m

0.12

Source quake magnitude

7

Runups

7

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquakes and tsunami near Taiwan

The 2006 Hengchun earthquakes occurred on December 26 at 20:26 and 20:34 local time off the southwest coast of Taiwan in the Luzon Strait, which connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea. The International Seismological Centre measured the shocks at 7.0 and 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale.

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