Earlier today, a major earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the central east coast of Taiwan, roughly 20 kilometres south of the city of Hualien.
While much of Taiwan’s population lives on the west coast of the country, Hualien City is one of the largest population centres on the east coast. Its population is roughly 100,000. It likely provided crucial seconds of warning for those living away from the epicentre to take cover. The latest analysis of data from this earthquake suggests the earthquake was at the shallow end of this range, and likely produced a rupture which broke the surface. Satellite data of the Earth’s surface will tell us more about ground deformation within the coming days.
In February 2018, this region produced an earthquake of magnitude 6.4, which sadly resulted in 17 deaths. The largest recent recorded earthquake in onshore Taiwan was the magnitude 7.6 Chi-Chi quake that struck in 1999.Today’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake will likely continue to produce aftershocks for days and weeks to come.
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