Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 37 km depth27 Sep 07:38 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeSep 27, 2026 07:33:02 UTC - Local time at epicenterSunday, Sep 27, 2026, at 03:33 pm (Asia/Taipei GMT +8)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude4.40Depth36.9 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude23.7°N / 121.61°ETaiwanSeismic antipode23.7°S / 58.39°WParaguayShaking intensityIII Weak shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoUnnamed 24.00°N/121.83°E (40 km / 25 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeBroken Clouds 31.9°C (89 F), humidity: 83%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SEEstimated seismic energy released2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.4 | about seismic energy6 minutes agoSep 27, 2026 07:33 GMT / Sep 27, 2026 03:33 pm (Taipei time)Lat / Lng: 23.7 / 121.61: TaiwanSource: EMSCDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23394003',23.70000,121.61000,'6 minutes ago: Mag. 4.4, Taiwan',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in TaiwanNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Nantou, a city with more than 110,000 inhabitants in Taiwan, in 99 km (62 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of Taiwan, Taipei, 151 km (94 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake was probably felt as very weak shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry31 km (19 mi)N of epicenterHualien City(pop: 99,500)III: WeakHualien, TaiwanTaiwan47 km (29 mi)N of epicenterXiulin(pop: 17,100)III: WeakHualien, TaiwanTaiwan72 km (44 mi)NW of epicenterPuli(pop: 86,400)III: WeakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan75 km (47 mi)SW of epicenterChishang(pop: 7,980)III: WeakTaitung, TaiwanTaiwan87 km (54 mi)W of epicenterLugu(pop: 17,700)III: WeakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan95 km (59 mi)W of epicenterZhushan(pop: 44,100)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan98 km (61 mi)W of epicenterZhongxing New Village(pop: 25,500)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan99 km (61 mi)W of epicenterCaotun(pop: 96,800)II: Very weakNantou, TaiwanTaiwan99 km (62 mi)W of epicenterNantou(pop: 105,700)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan101 km (63 mi)NW of epicenterWufeng(pop: 65,600)II: Very weakTaichung City, TaiwanTaiwan106 km (66 mi)NW of epicenterTaichung(pop: 2,850,300)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan109 km (68 mi)W of epicenterDouliu(pop: 107,900)II: Very weakYunlin, TaiwanTaiwan109 km (68 mi)W of epicenterYuanlin(pop: 124,700)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan114 km (71 mi)W of epicenterChang-hua(pop: 226,600)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan115 km (71 mi)SW of epicenterTaitung(pop: 103,300)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan115 km (72 mi)W of epicenterChanghua(pop: 226,600)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan118 km (74 mi)N of epicenterYilan(pop: 94,200)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan119 km (74 mi)W of epicenterXihu(pop: 54,000)II: Very weakChanghua, TaiwanTaiwan121 km (75 mi)W of epicenterChiayi City(pop: 263,200)II: Very weakChiayi, TaiwanTaiwan125 km (78 mi)NW of epicenterMiaoli(pop: 86,300)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan126 km (78 mi)NW of epicenterZhudong(pop: 96,500)II: Very weakHsinchu County, TaiwanTaiwan131 km (81 mi)NW of epicenterToufen Township(pop: 106,300)II: Very weakMiaoli, TaiwanTaiwan136 km (84 mi)N of epicenterDaxi(pop: 94,200)II: Very weakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan139 km (86 mi)NW of epicenterHsinchu(pop: 453,500)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan139 km (87 mi)N of epicenterSanxia(pop: 115,200)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan140 km (87 mi)W of epicenterXinying(pop: 75,000)II: Very weakTainan, TaiwanTaiwan141 km (87 mi)NW of epicenterZhubei(pop: 212,700)II: Very weakHsinchu County, TaiwanTaiwan141 km (87 mi)N of epicenterBade(pop: 209,100)II: Very weakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan142 km (88 mi)N of epicenterYingge(pop: 87,900)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan145 km (90 mi)N of epicenterShulin(pop: 180,000)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan146 km (91 mi)N of epicenterNeili(pop: 112,800)II: Very weakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan146 km (91 mi)N of epicenterTaoyuan(pop: 475,800)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan147 km (91 mi)N of epicenterBanqiao(pop: 551,200)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan147 km (92 mi)N of epicenterTaoyuan City(pop: 402,000)II: Very weakTaoyuan, TaiwanTaiwan151 km (94 mi)N of epicenterTaipei(pop: 7,871,900)II: Very weakTaiwanTaiwan152 km (94 mi)N of epicenterXizhi(pop: 204,600)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan152 km (95 mi)N of epicenterNew Taipei City(pop: 4,004,400)II: Very weakNew Taipei City, TaipeiTaiwan154 km (96 mi)N of epicenterNeihu(pop: 274,500)II: Very weakTaipei City, TaiwanTaiwan157 km (98 mi)SW of epicenterYongkang(pop: 233,700)II: Very weakTainan, TaiwanTaiwan179 km (111 mi)SW of epicenterKaohsiung(pop: 2,737,700)II: Very weakKaohsiungTaiwanNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-09-27EpicenterAgency4.437 km23 mi07:33:02.1TAIWANEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Aftershocks for this quakeNo aftershocks have been recorded so far. When aftershocks are detected, we will update this section.What are aftershocks?Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 5 or so) such as this one are usually followed by smaller ones known as aftershocks that occur in the same area during the days, weeks, months or even years after the main shock.[More info]What about this quake?Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake likely ruptured beneath a surface area of approximately 3 km2 (1 square miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 3 km (2 mi).[More info]Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake)Sep 27, 2026 03:33 pm (Taipei)6 minutes ago4.437 km0 km - This quakeTaiwanMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 325 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.14 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 7.2 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 1.2 quakes per yearMag. 5 or higher: 10.3 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 150 quakes per year (or 12.5 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 245 quakes per year (or 20.4 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 315 quakes per year (or 26.2 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 4,900 quakes per year (or 13.5 quakes per day)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 17 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake