Hualien Earthquake

	Hualien Earthquake Hualien earthquake may refer to: * 1966 Hualien earthquake * 2009 Hualien earthquake * 2018 Hualien earthquake * 2019 Hualien earthquake The 2019 Hualien earthquake () struck Hualien County, Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.1 on 18 April at 13:01 local time (05:01 UTC). Geography A 6.1 earthquake hit Taiwan which caused damage to weak buildings and roads in Taipei and other dis ... * 2024 Hualien earthquake (3 April 2024), a 7.4 earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan {{Set index article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1966 Hualien Earthquake The 1966 Hualien earthquake occurred on March 13 at . The epicenter was located in the offshore area between Yonaguni Island, Japan and Hualien, Taiwan. The intensity in Yonaguni reached shindo 5. Two people were reported dead in Yonaguni, Japan, and four in Taiwan. Building damage was reported. A tsunami with a run-up height of was observed. This earthquake released a seismic moment of 4.86×1020 Nm. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at 8.0, 7.79, 7.8, or 7.8. This earthquake had a strike-slip faulting focal mechanism. The fault plane solutions of this earthquake suggested that there is a sliver of crust off the east coast of Taiwan other than the Philippine Sea Plate. The map of shallow earthquakes shows that the Philippines are encircled by a zone of seismicity. There is a difference between the slip direction in the east coast of the Philippines and the relative motion between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Together with other evidences, it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2009 Hualien Earthquake Intensity Map The 2009 Hualien earthquake occurred on December 19 at 21:02:14 (local time) with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (''Strong''). The oblique-slip event took place off the coast of Hualien, Taiwan. Strong shaking could be felt in Hualien City ( Shindo 5 according to Central Weather Bureau) and Taipei (Shindo 4 according to Central Weather Bureau). The earthquake could also be felt in Hong Kong and Xiamen, China, and on several islands between Yonaguni and Tarama, Japan. Casualties and damage Two cars were damaged by fallen water towers in Taipei. Ten people were hospitalized following a chlorine leak in a hotel in Hualien. The outer decorative wall of a restaurant in Hualien collapsed. A fire broke out at a warehouse in Taoyuan County, killing a man. See also List of earthquakes in 2009 List of earthquakes in Taiwan Taiwan is in a seismically active zone, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, and at the western edge of the Philippine S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2018 Hualien Earthquake At 23:50 (UTC+8) on 6 February 2018, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale hit Taiwan. The epicenter was on the coastline near Hualien, which was the most severely affected area, with a maximum felt intensity of VIII (''Severe'') on the Mercalli intensity scale. At least 17 deaths were reported, with 285 injured. The maximum foreshock was recorded on 4 February 2018, at 21:56:40. The epicenter was located at Hualien County, Taiwan, reaching a scale of ML 5.8. Tectonic setting Taiwan has a history of many strong earthquakes. The island is located within a complex zone of convergence between the Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate. At the location of the earthquake, these plates converge at a rate of 75 mm per year. To the south of Taiwan, oceanic crust of the Eurasian Plate is subducting beneath the Philippine Sea Plate creating an island arc, the Luzon Arc. At Taiwan the oceanic crust has all been subducted and the arc is colliding with contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2019 Hualien Earthquake The 2019 Hualien earthquake () struck Hualien County, Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.1 on 18 April at 13:01 local time (05:01 UTC). Geography A 6.1 earthquake hit Taiwan which caused damage to weak buildings and roads in Taipei and other districts. Two people were injured while hiking and 15 other people were injured in Taipei. This was a moment magnitude earthquake 9 kilometres off of Hualien County, Taiwan. One of the two injured hikers which is identified as from Malaysia later died in local hospital on 28 April as the only fatality in the earthquake, which is the worst since 2018. Aftermath Several buildings were damaged after the earthquake with many buildings having to be evacuated. Outside walls of buildings damaged and furniture knocked off the wall was not unprecedented. Train services on Taipei's subway were suspended as were the airport subway to Taoyuan International Airport and most other metro and train systems in various parts of Taiwan, especially those around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]