1941 Chungpu earthquake

The earthquake struck western Taiwan on the local date of 17 December 1941. Contemporary records of the year list it at magnitude 7.1.

Origin time (UTC)

1941-12-16T19:19

Magnitude

7.22

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

15

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem901124

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: western taiwan, chungpu, japanese era

Coordinates: 23.29, 120.419

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in Taiwan since 1900

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