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發震時間：2024/06/06 19:40:35；震源深度：25.6公里；芮氏規模：4.0；震央位置：北緯23.96°、東經121.73°；相對位置：花蓮縣政府東南東方11.4公里(位於臺灣東部海域)
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [4] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [5] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
It is currently the largest earthquake in Taiwan's modern history. Tectonic summary. Taiwan is located within a complex zone of convergence between the Philippine and Eurasian Plates. Off the island's east coast, these plates converge at a rate of 75 mm per year.
List of earthquakes in Taiwan. Plot of earthquake data (left) and the fault distribution in Taiwan. 3D block diagram showing plate tectonic setting of Taiwan. Taiwan is in a seismically active zone, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, and at the western edge of the Philippine Sea Plate. [1] .
Response. See also. Notes. References. Further reading. 2022 Taitung earthquakes. Two earthquakes affected Taitung and Hualien Counties, Taiwan within hours of each other. The first earthquake struck Taitung on September 17, 2022, occurring with a magnitude of 6.5 M w , causing minor damage and some injuries.
An earthquake – also called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the shaking of the Earth 's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災, Higashi ...
The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) [note 1] is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long [1] and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide, [2] and surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean.
