Hualien earthquake 2018

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Hualien earthquake 2018
Hualien earthquake 2018 (Taiwan)
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date February 6, 2018
Time 15:50 UTC (23:50 local time )
intensity VII  on the MM scale
Magnitude 6.0 to 6.5  M W
depth 10.0 km
epicenter 24 ° 8 '24 "  N , 121 ° 41' 24"  E Coordinates: 24 ° 8 '24 "  N , 121 ° 41' 24"  E
(21 km east of Hualien )
country Republic of China (Taiwan)
Affected places

Hualien

dead 17th
Injured 280


Partially collapsed Yun Men Tsui Ti building in Hualien

On February 6, 2018 at 11:50 p.m. local time (4:50 p.m. Central European Time ), an earthquake struck near the city of Hualien on the east coast of Taiwan .

event

The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean , about 20 kilometers off the east coast of the island of Taiwan and about ten kilometers below the sea floor. The Taiwan Central Meteorological Office gave the magnitude of the earthquake 6.0. Other earthquake measuring stations worldwide determined even higher values ​​( USGS : 6.4, GFZ : 6.3, CENC : 6.5, JMA : 6.3). The main quake was followed by numerous smaller quakes, three of which had a magnitude greater than 5.0: at 2:00 a.m. local time (M W 5.2), at 2:07 a.m. (M W 5.4) and at 3:15 a.m. (M W 5.4).

President Tsai Ing-wen (with her back to the camera) in Hualien (in the background the damaged Yun Men Tsui Ti building)
Rescue teams in front of the Yun Men Tsui Ti building in Hualien

The nearby city of Hualien , the capital of the district of the same name, was mainly affected by the quake . There, the ground floor of the ten-story Marshal Hotel collapsed and several other buildings were badly damaged and numerous people were trapped in the buildings. Rescue and recovery operations began immediately afterwards and, at the instigation of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen , appropriate emergency plans were put into effect. About 280 people were injured. 14 of the total of 17 dead were killed in the Yun Men Tsui Ti (雲 門 翠 堤 „," Green Cloud Gate ") building complex.

Shortly after the quake, donation accounts were set up for earthquake relief. Politicians from all political directions donated considerable sums in some cases, supplemented by donations from the economy, so that 24 hours after the event, NT $ 170 million (about 4.71 million euros) was raised. By February 9, donations had grown to NT $ 600 million. The Taiwanese government provided NT $ 929 million (US $ 25.7 million) in emergency aid to Hualien County. In the days that followed, experts called for greater investment in the earthquake safety of older buildings. This would particularly affect buildings that were built before 1999, when building regulations were tightened after the Jiji earthquake .

The quake occurred exactly two years to the day after the Kaohsiung earthquake in 2016 , which claimed 117 lives on February 6, 2016 (local time).

The epicenter of the quake was in the subduction zone between the Philippine and Eurasian plates . There had been increased earthquake activity in Taiwan since February 3, 2018, and a total of 19 earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 4.5 were recorded from February 3 to 6, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Hualien Earthquake 2018  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT: Earthquake No .: 107022. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 (English / Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cwb.gov.tw
  2. ↑ a b M 6.4 - 22 km NNE of Hualian, Taiwan. United States Geological Survey, February 6, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  3. ↑ GOFON Program. Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, February 6, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ 台湾 花莲 县 附近 海域 6.5 级 地震 (“Earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 near the coast in Hualien County, Taiwan”). Seismological Network of China (CENC), accessed February 6, 2018 (Chinese).
  5. ↑ Earthquake Information. (No longer available online.) Japanese Meteorological Office (JMA), February 6, 2018, archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jma.go.jp
  6. ↑ CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT: Earthquake No .: 107028. (No longer available online.) February 6, 2018, archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cwb.gov.tw
  7. ↑ CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT: Earthquake No .: 107029. (No longer available online.) February 6, 2018, archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cwb.gov.tw
  8. ↑ CWB EARTHQUAKE REPORT: Earthquake No .: 107031. (No longer available online.) February 6, 2018, archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on February 6, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cwb.gov.tw
  9. ^ Austin Ramzy: Earthquake Strikes Taiwan, Toppling Buildings. February 6, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 .
  10. ^ Taiwan earthquake: Series of powerful aftershocks hit Hualien. BBC News, February 7, 2018, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Liu Chien-pang, Frances Huang: Death toll in Hualien earthquake rises to 15. Focus Taiwan, February 10, 2018, accessed on February 10, 2018 (English).
  12. ↑ Shelley Shan: Rescue work ends as quake toll hits 17. Taipei Times, February 12, 2018, accessed on February 12, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Sean Lin: Hualien Earthquake: Corporations, politicians donate to disaster relief. Taipei Times, February 8, 2018, accessed February 8, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Wang Meng-lun, Sherry Hsiao: Hualien Earthquake: Donations for quake victims exceed NT $ 600 million. Taipei Times, February 9, 2018, accessed February 8, 2018 .
  15. ^ Chen Wei-han: Cabinet sends NT $ 929m for Hualien relief efforts. Taipei Times, February 12, 2018, accessed February 14, 2018 .
  16. ^ William Hetherington: Hualien Earthquake: Engineers urge new buildings laws. Taipei Times, February 8, 2018, accessed February 8, 2018 .