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Life Center / Wei Shengling Report
Yesterday (10) at 9:19 pm, Taiwan experienced a 6.7 Richter scale earthquake with a maximum magnitude of 4 and a shaking time of 15 seconds. It was the largest earthquake of this year. The national alarm sounded loud and the violent tremor scared a lot. people. In this regard, Li Xidi, a professor at the Institute of Applied Geology at Chung-Ang University, said that this earthquake is a large-scale submerged earthquake, which circulates once every 100 years. A similar earthquake occurred in Taipei in 1909. He said bluntly: “Note that Taipei may be close to your turn.”
▲ At 9:19 pm on the 10th, a 6.7 Richter scale earthquake occurred in Taiwan. (Photo / Central Meteorological Office)
At 9:19 p.m. on the 10th, a 6.7 Richter scale earthquake struck Taiwan. The epicenter is 27.2 kilometers east of Yilan County Government and the focal depth is 76.8 kilometers. Taipei, New Taipei, Yilan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Hualien, Nantou, Taichung, Miaoli, Yunlin The greatest intensity of the earthquake in places like Chiayi and other places was magnitude 4, and the strong release of energy made the people of Taiwan feel very impressed. Disasters have also been reported in various places. Fortunately, no one was injured. In this regard, Chen Guochang, director of the Seismological Center of the Meteorological Office, pointed out that there will be aftershocks of 4.0 or more in the next week.
Unexpectedly, at 9:27 pm, another earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Taiwan. The epicenter was located 26.0 kilometers east of the Yilan County Government, and the largest earthquake in Yilan County was magnitude 3. At 1:31 am on the 11th, another earthquake of 4.1 on the scale of Richter in Taiwan. The epicenter was located 28.0 kilometers southeast of the Yilan County Government; At 2:15 in the morning, Taiwan had another earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 31.3 kilometers southeast of the Yilan County Government. The largest earthquake in Yilan County reached magnitude 4, and northern Taiwan once again rang the country. Alarm level, many people woke up in their sleep.
▲ At 2:15 AM on the 11th, another earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Taiwan. (Photo / Central Meteorological Office)
In this regard, Li Xiti pointed out that the earthquake on the night of 10 was an internal sinking plate earthquake. Taiwan lies between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Philippine Sea plate is submerged from the sea off Hualien to the bottom of the Eurasian plate. , Taipei, the depth is about 70, 80 kilometers.
Li Xiti said that in 1815 there was a large-scale submerged earthquake with epicenters located in Taipei and Yilan, a similar earthquake occurred in Taipei in 1909, with a scale of 7.3.The epicenter was located in the city of New Taipei. It is “once in a hundred years”. Therefore, in 2020, the Taipei area should pay attention to similar situations. By then, the intensity of the earthquake in Taipei and Yilan may exceed magnitude 5.
▲ Li Xidi, a professor at the Central University Institute of Applied Geology, said that Taipei should be aware of this year’s major earthquakes. (Photo / pixabay)
