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Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA) measured the earthquake's local magnitude at 7.2, [9] while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the earthquake at M w 7.4. [10] It was the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake , which measured M w 7.7.
Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was 7.2 magnitude while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. It struck about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hualien and was about 35 ...
The official central news agency said the quake was the biggest since one of magnitude 7.6 in 1999 that killed about 2,400 people and damaged or destroyed 50,000 buildings.
Lai said Taiwan’s progress on earthquake safety was gradual and required public education, as well as trust in government and faith in scientists. “We took 25 years to get to this point,” he ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off Taiwan, and Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa. Japan's meteorological agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters (9.8 feet). It wasn't yet clear if there was any damage from the quake Wednesday morning. 04/03/2024 00:23 -0400
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Taiwan, killing at least four people in the island’s most powerful tremor in at least 25 years.
The earthquake was the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years. Local authorities measured the initial quake's strength as magnitude 7.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. Huang Shiao-en ...
Los Angeles has widely felt two quakes in a week: Monday's magnitude 4.4 in El Sereno and last week's magnitude 5.2 about 18 miles southwest of Bakersfield.In both cases, the state's early warning ...