- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- October 19, 1957 CE
- Location:
- 36 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan
- Magnitude:
- 6.85 Mw
- Depth:
- 30 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 6.364
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.85
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.2
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.92
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6
Other earthquake records of 1957 CE
- Iran, Farsinaj · Mw 6.5 · 1,200 deaths
- Iran, Hazanderan, Abegarm · Mw 6.6 · 1,100 deaths
- Mexico, Acapulco, Mexico City · Ms 7.9 · 65 deaths
- Turkey, Abant · Mw 7.1 · 52 deaths
- Mongolia · Mw 8.1 · 30 deaths
- Turkey, Fethiye (Lycia, Asia Minor) · Mw 7.3 · 18 deaths
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 6.9 - 36 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan (1957 CE) happen?
- October 19, 1957 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.