Is Hengshan safe? Taiwan travel risk
Is Hengshan safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Hengshan scores 35/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Taiwan Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 25 Nov 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Hengshan scores 35/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Taiwan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Hengshan: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (72/100) and health and medical access (47/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Taiwan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 24.7100° N, 121.1369° E in Hsinchu, Hengshan maintains a regional distance of 56.3 km NE to Taipei.
Hsinchu
24.7100° N, 121.1369° E
Lowland
UTC
12,208
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Taiwan
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Hengshan happened in April (13 of 27 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
27 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M7.4 on 2 Apr 2024 (108 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 1 May 2026 (93 km away) — USGS details
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