Taiwan Earthquake Today — Live Map & Recent Quakes
Track Taiwan earthquake today in real time with live map data and latest tremors updated every 60s from USGS. Taiwan is one of Asia's most seismically active regions, experiencing hundreds of earthquakes annually.
Quakes Today
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Past 7 Days
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Strongest (7d)
M4.6
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Live Taiwan Earthquake Map
Earthquakes in Taiwan
2 events · Past 7 Days
- M4.6
120 km NE of Hengchun, Taiwan
10 km deep
·3d ago
M4.610 km3d ago - M4.2
46 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
12 km deep
·3d ago
M4.212 km3d ago
About Earthquake Activity in Taiwan
Taiwan is a fast-growing mountain island forged by an ongoing, vigorous tectonic collision in the western Pacific. The island experiences thousands of earthquakes every year, with hundreds felt by residents, driving Taiwan to develop world-leading earthquake early warning and resilient engineering practices.
Why does Taiwan experience earthquakes?
Taiwan sits directly at the active collision suture where the Luzon volcanic arc (riding the Philippine Sea Plate) crashes northwestward into the Eurasian continental margin at approximately 8 centimeters per year. This creates a rare arc-continent collision that pushes the Central Mountain Range upward by several millimeters annually. In eastern Taiwan, the Longitudinal Valley Fault marks the actual plate boundary suture. Meanwhile, in northeastern Taiwan, the Ryukyu Trench subducts the Philippine Sea Plate northward, and in southwestern Taiwan, the Eurasian Plate subducts eastward along the Manila Trench, producing both shallow crustal and deep subduction shocks.
Key Facts About Taiwan Seismicity
~23.5 million
CWA
Central Weather Administration Seismological Center
- Longitudinal Valley Fault
- Chelungpu Fault
- Milun Fault (Hualien)
- Chaochou Fault
Arc-continent collision between Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian continental margin
- 1999 Chi-Chi (921) EarthquakeM7.7
- 2024 Hualien EarthquakeM7.4
- 2018 Hualien Offshore EarthquakeM6.4
Frequently Asked Questions About Earthquakes in Taiwan
Expert answers to common questions about seismic risks, fault lines, and earthquake activity in Taiwan.
Check our live Taiwan feed above for tremors across Taipei, Hualien, Yilan, Taitung, and surrounding offshore waters. Taiwan experiences hundreds of felt and unfelt tremors every month.
Taiwan is located at the complex junction of the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate on the western edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The plates collide obliquely at approximately 8 cm per year, driving rapid mountain uplift and frequent fault ruptures.
On September 21, 1999, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck central Taiwan along the Chelungpu Fault, causing over 2,400 fatalities and prompting a complete overhaul of Taiwan's building codes and disaster preparedness programs.
On April 3, 2024, a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien County. Strict anti-seismic building standards and rapid cellular emergency alerts prevented mass casualties compared to earlier historical quakes.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) operates Taiwan's national seismological network, issuing automated public warning system (PWS) mobile alerts within seconds of a detected shock.