M 4.7 in Taiwan on 13 May 2026 10:43 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1540516
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 18.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9567 , 121.6574
Event Date: 13 May 2026 10:43 UTC
13 May 2026 18:43 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 13 May 2026 11:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000sxef Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 17 May 2026 5/17/2026 5:26:00 AM.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Nantou County on Sunday at 8:46 a.m. The quake''s epicenter was 33.5 kilometers east-northeast of Nantou County Hall, according to the Central Weather Administration. It had a focal dep
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A Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race 5/16/2026 4:14:00 PM.

By SIMINA MISTREANU and TAIJING WU. FENGLIN, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly and people can catch their breath. Rather than push against this rhythm, the town of around 1
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A Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race 5/16/2026 3:03:00 PM.

By SIMINA MISTREANU and TAIJING WU. FENGLIN, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly and people can catch their breath. Rather than push against this rhythm, the town of around 1
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A Taiwanese town embraces a slow pace of life through a snail race 5/16/2026 2:54:00 PM.

By SIMINA MISTREANU and TAIJING WU. FENGLIN, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly and people can catch their breath. Rather than push against this rhythm, the town of around 1
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),