Posted on 02/06/2018 8:47:20 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks eastern Taiwan's Hualien
The strongest quake yet over past 48 hours, registering at magnitude 6.0, rattles eastern Taiwan's Hualien
By Keoni Everington,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2018/02/07 00:06
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien at 11:50 p.m. tonight (Feb. 7), the strongest quake yet of a period of 48 hours with has seen dozens of temblors in the same area, with many parts of Taiwan seeing dramatic shaking.
The epicenter of Tuesday's quake was 18.3 northeast of Hualien County hall at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers, according to Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
The the power of this quake resulted in an intensity level of 7 being felt in Hualien County and Yilan County, a level of 5 being felt on Nantou's Hehuanshan, and a level of 4 being felt in Taichung City and Yunlin County. Meanwhile, an intensity level of 3 was felt in Taoyuan City, Hsingchu County, Taitung County, Taipei City, New Taipei City, Nantou County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Yunlin County, Miaoli County, and Tainan City.
Early reports by Apple Daily state that a number of buildings have collapsed in Hualien City, including a roof of a hotel identified as 統帥飯店, but there are no reports of injuries yet.
Multiple aftershocks are continuing to strike the area.
The shallow nature of these recent series of quakes striking off the coast of Hualien has led to more people feeling the obvious effects of these temblors, even as far away as Taipei City. Many even in Taipei could see signs swaying and furniture rocking.
Located along the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt in a specific location.
So what would that be in American?
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WOW!.....................
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No injuries? Right...
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wow thanks for this info. I watch quakes on USGS and saw this one come on but hadn’t heard of damage yet.
Shucks, Godzilla just tossed over, while he slept.
Global Cooling?????
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https://earthquaketrack.com/p/taiwan/recent
Good site. This is one trembly location.
3000 km
2000 mi
about an hour ago 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
about an hour ago 6.4 magnitude, 9 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
about 9 hours ago 4.6 magnitude, 8 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
about 12 hours ago 4.8 magnitude, 8 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
a day ago 4.9 magnitude, 7 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 days ago 4.5 magnitude, 7 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 days ago 4.7 magnitude, 12 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 days ago 5.2 magnitude, 9 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 days ago 5.3 magnitude, 8 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
2 days ago 4.9 magnitude, 9 km depth
Hualian, Taiwan, Taiwan
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2 days ago 6.1 magnitude
Just posted an update on the earthquake. Two fatalities, and a lot of buildings destroyed.
Here’s the Taiwan government’s national site for earthhquakes (In English).
They’re so common it’s the weather site. http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7e/earthquake/quake_index.htm
Usually when you look on that page there are 10 - 12 earthquakes shown, ranging between 2 - 4 magnitude, spread over three to four weeks and located all up and down the east coast of the island. This extremely dense cluster of quakes, coming in such rapid succession is very unusual.
I hope that last night’s 6.4 is the largest one, and that all these little quakes are letting the energy out that the earth has stored up! We definitely felt it here in Taipei, though the government alert on my phone is what woke me up and allowed me to feel the shaking!
WOW! Just noted your handle.
The only tremor I have ever experienced was the Virginia ‘burp’ in 2011.
Please take care and stay safe.
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