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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 ...
The museum is dedicated to the 7.3 earthquake that struck the center of Taiwan at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999. The museum is located on the site of the former Guangfu Junior High School [ zh ] ; the shell of the building forms the exterior walls of the museum and the museum's Chelungpu Fault Gallery crosses the fault on which ...
Taiwan has about 2,200 earthquakes a year, ... The benchmark for Wednesday’s 7.4 magnitude quake was 1999’s 7.6 magnitude shock, ...
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 was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 25.0 km (15.5 mi). [89] Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.1 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 33.0 km (20.5 mi). [90] Taiwan was struck by a magnitude 6.3 quake that occurred on September 21 at a depth of 33.0 km (20.5 mi). [91]
It was badly damaged by the quake. Today the high school is the site of the National Museum of Natural Science's 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan. [7] [8] [9] Chelongpu Fault Preservation Park. The fault was reportedly discovered by Dr. Wen-shan Chen, Professor of Geology at National Taiwan University, in November 2002. [10]