Overall Green Earthquake in Taiwan on 01 May 2026 12:39 UTC

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M 5.8 in Taiwan on 01 May 2026 12:39 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	97.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.8748 , 122.02
Event Date:	01 May 2026 12:39 UTC 01 May 2026 20:39 Local
Exposed Population:	820 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000shjp
Inserted at:	01 May 2026 12:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000shjp	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0
	Score no CC	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Level	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1703341		0	01 May 2026 12:39	5.8M, 97.3km	3.84	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:16	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Taiwan ,of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1703341	122.02/24.875	5.8	97.3	4.393	01 May 2026 13:00	00:21	(new episode)
2	1703341	122.02/24.875	5.8	97.3	4.131	01 May 2026 13:06	00:26	(upd of #1)
3	1703341	122.02/24.875	5.8	97.3	3.842	01 May 2026 14:32	01:52	(upd of #2)
4	1703341	122.02/24.875	5.8	97.3	3.844	01 May 2026 14:59	02:19	(upd of #3)
5	1703341	122.02/24.875	5.8	97.3	3.844	02 May 2026 14:00	1d 01:20	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Population
	Taiwan	570000 people
	Taiwan	12.4 million people
	Okinawa	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	City class	Population	Distance
I-lan	I-lan	Major city	-	30 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Village	-	67 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Village	-	81 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Major city	-	108 km
Tou-cheng	I-lan	City	-	21 km
Su-ao	I-lan	City	-	36 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Village	-	50 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	City	-	50 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Capital	2.5 million people	55 km
Chin-shan	T'ai-pei	Village	-	55 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Major city	-	59 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Village	-	65 km
Tan-shui	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	City	-	67 km
Lin-kou	T'ai-pei	Village	-	68 km
San-chih	T'ai-pei	City	-	68 km
Ying-ko	T'ai-pei	Village	-	68 km
Hsin-chu	T'ao-yuan	Village	-	73 km
Tao-yüan	T'ao-yuan	Major city	-	74 km
Chung-fu	T'ai-pei	Village	-	76 km
Hsin-le-ts'un	Hsin-chu	Village	-	80 km
Chung-li	T'ao-yuan	City	-	81 km
Nei-wan	Hsin-chu	City	-	88 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	City	-	88 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	City	-	91 km
Shih-p'o-hsia	T'ao-yuan	Village	-	94 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Village	-	94 km
Kuan-yin	T'ao-yuan	Village	-	97 km
Hsin-hu-k'ou	Hsin-chu	Village	-	99 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Village	-	103 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Village	-	103 km
Chi-yu-tieh	Hsin-chu	Village	-	103 km
Kubura	Okinawa	Village	-	105 km
Lu-hu	Miao-li	Village	-	107 km
Hsin-chu	Hsin-chu Shih	Major city	-	109 km
San-wan	Hsin-chu Shih	City	-	111 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Village	-	114 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Village	-	114 km
Ch'ien-tzu-chiao	Hsin-chu Shih	Village	-	115 km
Chih-hu	Miao-li	Village	-	115 km
Chu-nan	Hsin-chu Shih	City	-	117 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Village	-	126 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Village	-	129 km
Tung-hsiao	Miao-li	City	-	143 km
Yüan-li	Miao-li	City	-	146 km
Chang-hua	Chang-hua	Major city	-	175 km
Ho-mel	Chang-hua	City	-	176 km
Yuan Lin	Chang-hua	City	-	179 km
Lu-kang	Chang-hua	City	-	185 km
Honai	Okinawa	Village	-	187 km
Ta-t'u-t'ou	Chang-hua	Village	-	187 km
Pei-tou	Chang-hua	Village	-	188 km
Ting-chuang	Chang-hua	Village	-	196 km
Yün-lin	Yun-lin	City	-	199 km
Tou-liu	Yun-lin	Major city	-	201 km
T'u-k'u-chuang	Yun-lin	Village	-	213 km
Agarisuji	Okinawa	Village	-	215 km
Ting-liao	Chia-i	Village	-	219 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
		9				0	32 km
Sungshan	TSA	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	52 km
Pa Kuei		141				0	72 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	79 km
Taoyuan		45	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	81 km
Chiang Kai Shek International	TPE	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	83 km
Highway Strip 58 60		120				0	84 km
Ao Hu Kou		152				0	99 km
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	103 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	107 km
Yonaguni	OGN	21	Civ.	Paved	Yes	4900	107 km
Hsinchu	HSZ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	109 km
Highway Strip 206		23				0	186 km
Highway Strip 260		30				0	220 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Distance
Suao	TWSUO	34 km
Tan Shui		71 km
Hualien	TWHUN	106 km
Taichung	TWTXG	169 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Shihmen	Tahan	1964	78 km
		Mingteh	Houlung	1970	119 km

Nuclear Facilities

Site Name	Type	Name	Distance
Site-Chinshan	Nuclear Power Plant	Chinshan-1	63 km
Site-Chinshan	Nuclear Power Plant	Chinshan-2	63 km
Site-Hsinchu City	Research reactor	THOR	104 km

More information

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