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At least nine people were killed and more than 900 injured when Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in 25 years rocked the island during the morning rush hour, prompting authorities to issue tsunami ...
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. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 ...
The quake hit at a depth of 15.5 km (9.6 miles), just as people were headed for work and school, setting off a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted.
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.
The quake sparked tsunami warnings across the region as authorities ordered evacuations. In Taiwan’s Chenggong, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the quake’s epicenter, waves reached ...
Between the years 1901 and 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.
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 United States Geological Survey (USGS) noted that the earthquake measured a moment magnitude (M w ) of 6.0, [1] while Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWB) measured it at M L 6.4. [4] The epicenter was located in Dongshan District , Tainan City , near the border with Dapu, Chiayi County, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Yujing and 38 km (24 ...