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Pre-trip disaster check · last 31 days

Before you travel to Taiwan: earthquakes, typhoons in the last 31 days

Last 31 days (Sep 27–Oct 28), Taipei · Kaohsiung (within 300 km): 12 earthquakes (largest M5.6), 0 volcano records, 0 tsunami alerts, 0 floods, 1 typhoons passing within 500 km, 0 armed-conflict reports. Counted from official observatory records and the GDELT news event list.

Area: Taipei · Kaohsiung (within 300 km) Data as of 2026-10-28 11:12 KST
Earthquakes
12
Largest M5.6 · Sep 30
Volcano · ash advisories
0
None recorded
Tsunami alerts
0
None recorded
Floods
0
None recorded
Wildfires
0
None recorded
Typhoons · within 500 km
1
CHAMPI-26
Armed-conflict reports
0
None recorded

Not a forecast — these are events that have already been recorded. For travel safety, check your government's official travel advisory.

Mapone dot per record

TaipeiKaohsiung
EarthquakeTyphoon trackCounted area 300 km

Typhoons that passed1

CHAMPI-26
Closest approach 345 km · max wind 296 km/h
2026-10-14 – 2026-10-25

Recent records12

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Sources: USGS (earthquakes) · Tokyo VAAC · Smithsonian (volcanoes) · GDACS (typhoons, floods) · GDELT (conflict reports, machine-coded). Not a forecast — these are events that have already been recorded. For travel safety, check your government's official travel advisory. Open the world disaster map →