Cambridge Earthquake Impact Database
Earthquake
Taiwan 1999
Chi-Chi

eq id
usp0009eq0
region
Nantou, Taichung, Taipei Counties
event date (dd/mm/yyyy)
21/09/1999
event time (local)
01:47
time zone (+- hours)
-8
depth (km)
21
magnitude
7.6
epicentre (lat long)
23.819 120.877
lat/long accuracy
Medium
secondary effects
pde shaking deaths
precision notes

Info from USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

NCREE (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering) in Taiwan categorized this earthquake as of magnitude 7.3 in their building damage report

all coordinates found in Google Earth

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