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The Chi-Chi earthquake [4] [5] [6] (later also known as the Jiji earthquake [a] or the great earthquake of September 21 [b]), was a 7.3 M L or 7.7 M w earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time. [2] 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage ...
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.
THE 1999 QUAKE WAS A WAKE-UP CALL. Taiwan and its surrounding waters have registered about 2,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1980, and more than 100 earthquakes with a ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 1999. ... Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 25.0 km (15.5 mi). [89]
Why China Offered Earthquake Aid to Taiwan—and Why Taiwan Quickly Rejected It. Chad de Guzman. April 4, 2024 at 10:20 PM ... from lingering bitterness over how the 1999 earthquake was handled.
Taiwan has about 2,200 earthquakes a year, ... The benchmark for Wednesday’s 7.4 magnitude quake was 1999’s 7.6 magnitude shock, ...
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 worst recent earthquake struck on Sept. 21, 1999, a magnitude 7.7 temblor that caused 2,400 deaths, injured around 100,000 and destroyed thousands of buildings.