Taiwan was shaken by earthquakes in one day – 2024-04-29 00:04:25

Taiwan has been shaken by several earthquakes in one day. At least 10 aftershocks were felt at midnight on Friday (April 26) local time. Among these, the strongest earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1. Taiwan’s Central Meteorological Department confirmed this information. This information was given in a report of AFP.

However, despite several earthquakes, no tsunami warning was issued. The strongest earthquake struck at 2:21 am local time. Its depth was 24.9 kilometers (15.5 miles).

Several small earthquakes hit earlier. In addition, another strong earthquake struck at 2:49 AM about 40 kilometers away from Hualien City on the east coast. Its depth was 18.9 kilometers.

A total of 10 earthquakes were reported after midnight on Saturday, the Taiwan Meteorological Agency said. The National Fire Agency said no damage has been reported so far.

Earlier, a dozen earthquakes struck eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County from Monday evening to midnight. However, no major damage or casualties were reported from these earthquakes.

After a powerful earthquake hit the country two weeks ago, the aftershocks were felt in phases last Monday and Tuesday.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2 hit the sparsely populated city of Hualien on April 3. At least 17 people were killed. Since then, more than 1,000 aftershocks have been felt in Taiwan.

In addition to the eastern coast of Taiwan and the capital Taipei, the earthquake was felt in southern Japan, eastern China and the Philippines on April 3. Tsunami warnings were issued in these countries due to the earthquake. The tsunami warning was later lifted.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the earthquake was 18 kilometers south of Hualien, Taiwan. Its depth was 34.8 kilometers.

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It was the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years, according to the country’s seismic agency. Before that, in September 1999, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hit Taiwan. At that time 2 thousand 400 people died and about 500 buildings were destroyed.

TTN