Historical Seismograms - Evidence from the AD 2000 Izu Islands ...

Historical Earthquakes and the Seismograms in Taiwan 249Table 2. (Continued )Year Date Time* Lat Long h ML Remarkshr:mn "N "E km1955 Apr 4 19:12 21.8 120.9 5 6.7 Hengchun earthquake, 7 people wounded;22 houses destroyed, 30 partially destroyed,141 damaged1959 Apr 27 04:41 25.0 122.6 80 7.2 East Taiwan earthquake, 1 person killed;9 houses destroyed, 4 damaged1959 Aug 15 16:57 21.7 121.3 20 7.2 Hengchun earthquake, 16 people killed,63 wounded, 789 houses destroyed,752 partially destroyed1959 Aug 17 16:25 23.3 121.3 20 5.5 Tawu earthquake, 6 houses destroyed1959 Aug 18 08:34 22.1 121.7 15 6.1 Hengchun earthquake, 32 houses destroyed,5 partially destroyed1959 Sep 25 10:37 22.1 121.2 10 6.5 Hengchun earthquake, 3 people wounded;3 houses destroyed, 28 partially destroyed,37 damaged1963 Feb 13 16:50 24.4 122.1 47 7.2 Ilan earthquake, 15 people killed, 3 wounded;6 houses destroyed, 6 partially destroyed1963 Mar 4 21:38 24.6 121.8 5 6.4 Ilan earthquake, 1 person killed1963 Mar 10 10:53 24.5 121.8 5 6.0 Ilan earthquake, 3 houses partially destroyed1964 Jan 18 20:04 23.2 120.6 20 6.3 Chaiyi-Tainan earthquake, 106 people killed,650 wounded; 10,502 houses destroyed,25,818 partially destroyed; landslide1964 Feb 17 13:50 23.1 120.6 10 5.3 Chaiyi-Tainan earthquake, 3 people wounded;422 houses destroyed, 4203 partially destroyed1965 May 18 01:19 22.5 121.3 21 6.5 Tawu earthquake. 1 person wounded;21 houses destroyed, 70 partially destroyed1967 Oct 25 08:59 24.5 122.2 65 6.1 Ilan earthquake, 2 people killed, 2 wounded;23 houses destroyed, 27 partially destroyed1972 Jan 25 10:07 22.5 122.3 70 7.3 Taitung earthquake, 1 person killed,1 wounded; 2 houses destroyed, 3 partiallydestroyed, 1 damaged1972 Apr 24 17:57 23.5 121.5 3 6.9 Hwalien earthquake, 5 people killed, 17wounded; 50 houses destroyed, 98 partiallydestroyed1978 Dec 23 19:23 23.3 122.1 35 6.8 Hsinkong earthquake, 2 people killed,3 wounded; 1 house partially destroyed,1 damaged1982 Jan 23 22:ll 24.0 121.6 15 6.5 Hwalien earthquake, 1 person killed, a fewhouses damaged* = Origin Time (120'E); h = Depth; sh = shallow.Although earthquakes are frequent in this area, tsunamis caused either by localor distant earthquakes seldom occur. Historically, we found only one tsunami - onDecember 18, 1867 - that caused damage. In "The Island of Formosa, Past andPresent", James W. Davidson (1903) wrote: