- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 2, 1922 CE
- Location:
- 42 km SSE of Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Magnitude:
- 6.45 Mw
- Depth:
- 35 km
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.45
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.08
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 7.69
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.52
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.73
Other earthquake records of 1922 CE
- Chile, Atacama · Mw 8.5 · 700 deaths
- Japan, Kyushu · 27 deaths
- Philippines, Cebu Island, Mactan Island · Ms 6.3 · 5 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.6 · 5 deaths
- Brazil, Sao Paulo · Mb 5.1 · 1 deaths
- Philippines, Cebu I: Cebu, Mactan I
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- Nowy Dziennik Białostocki R.2December 2, 1922open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesNovember 29, 1922open in archive ↗
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.5 - 42 km SSE of Hsinchu, Taiwan (1922 CE) happen?
- December 2, 1922 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.