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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. [11]
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 ...
Wednesday’s earthquake shook more parts of Taiwan with greater intensity than any other earthquake since 1999 – when a 7.7 magnitude tremor hit the middle of the island, killing 2,400 people ...
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Taiwan, ... Seismology official Wu Chien-fu said it was Taiwan’s strongest earthquake since 1999, when a 7.6-magnitude tremor killed ...
Between 1901 and the year 2000 there were 91 major earthquakes in Taiwan, 48 of them resulting in loss of life. [4] The most recent major earthquake was the 2024 Hualien earthquake, and the most recent major earthquake with a high death toll was the 921 earthquake, which struck on 21 September 1999, and claimed 2,415 lives.
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning.
The strongest quake to hit the island in 25 years left at least nine dead, dozens of others trapped and nearly 1,000 people injured. Taiwan rocked by 7.4 magnitude earthquake, leaving at least 9 ...
Magnitude Death toll Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event 1 7.5 475 Japan, Ishikawa: XI (Extreme) 10.0 January 1: 2024 Noto earthquake: 2 7.4 18 Taiwan, Hualien offshore VIII (Severe) 40.0 April 2: 2024 Hualien earthquake: 2 7.4 1 Chile, Antofagasta: VII (Very strong) 117.4 July 19 - 3 7.2 0 Peru, Arequipa offshore VI (Strong) 28.0 June 28 - 4 7.1 0