Taiwan Earthquakes
A series of several dozen earthquakes that rocked Taiwan and caused buildings to tremble were identified by the government as aftershocks from the massive quake that struck the island more than two weeks ago.
The largest of the most recent tremors, which the US Geological Survey assessed to have had a magnitude of 6.1, occurred at roughly 2.30 am (18:30 GMT), and was succeeded a few minutes later by a 6.0 tremor.
Their respective values were reported by Taipei’s Central Weather Administration as 6.0 and 6.3. Entire northern, eastern, and western Taiwan felt the trembling of structures during the night due to the seismic activity focused in Hualien on the east coast. There were no casualty reports.
Living in Taipei, the capital, office worker Kevin Lin told the AFP news agency that the earthquake woke him up. The 53-year-old stated, “I stayed in bed because I was too scared to move.”
As commuters made their way to work, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the city at around 8 a.m. (00:00 GMT). About 150 kilometres (93 miles) from Taipei, in the mountainous county of Hualien, was the epicentre of an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.2 that rocked the island on April 3, seriously destroying structures in Hualien City and causing landslides in the surrounding countryside.
There have been over 1,100 aftershocks and at least 14 fatalities. According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, there were aftershocks associated with the most recent temblor.
The director of the Seismological Centre, Wu Chien-fu, warned reporters that more earthquakes, however possibly not as big, could be anticipated because they constituted a “concentrated release of energy.” Because of the ongoing aftershocks, the Hualien authorities declared on Tuesday that schools and offices would be closed.
Additional damage was done to structures that had already partially collapsed after the April 3 earthquake, including as the Full Hotel and the adjoining Tong Shuai Building. Both had already been designated for demolition and were unoccupied. Despite being the most powerful earthquake to strike Taiwan in 25 years, the damage was largely controlled as a result of extensive public awareness programmes and more stringent construction codes.
The 23 million-person island is located close to the meeting point of two tectonic plates and frequently experiences strong earthquakes. Approximately eighty earthquakes, with the biggest measuring 6.3 on the east coast, shook buildings in Taipei, the capital, according to the island’s meteorology bureau. The epicentre of the earthquakes was the mostly rural eastern county of Hualien, where a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on April 3 claimed the lives of at least 14 people.
Hundreds of aftershocks followed the largest earthquake to strike Taiwan in the previous 25 years. The USGS reports that the epicentre of Tuesday’s 6.1-magnitude earthquake was 10.7 km away, or 28 kilometres (17.5 miles) south of Hualien. The last six earthquakes, all located close to Hualien, had magnitudes ranging from 4.5 to 6.
Although strong earthquakes are common in Taiwan, the impact they have on the 23 million people living on this technologically advanced island has been largely mitigated, according to experts, because to good earthquake preparedness. In addition, the island features extensive public education efforts about earthquake safety and stringent building regulations.
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In 1999, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Taiwan killed 2,400 people”Taiwan’s capital was hit by a series of earthquakes overnight into the early hours of Tuesday, with the Central Weather Administration saying the strongest was a magnitude-6.3 tremor originating in eastern Hualien.
The first strong quake — a magnitude 5.5 — hit on Monday at around 5.08 pm local time (10 pm Indian Time), according to Central Weather Administration. It could be felt in the capital, Taipei.”
