Chinese: More than 80 tremors, the strongest of 6. 3 magnitude, struck Taiwan’s east coast starting Monday ( Apr 22 ) night and into the early hours of Tuesday. Some caused shaking of houses in the investment Taipei, the region’s climate management said.
The eastern region of Hualien, where at least 17 people died on April 3 after a 7 earthquake, was the center of the tsunamis. 2 scale temblor. Singaporean couple Just two people are also missing, Neo Siew Choo and Sim Hwee Kok. They are believed to possess gone missing along the Shakadang Trail.
Since then, Taiwan has experienced lots of waves.
A hotel that had already been damaged on April 3 and was no longer in operation was then somewhat leaning on its side, according to the fire office in Hualien early on Tuesday.
But, there were no reports of any deaths.
scale 5 earthquake for the first. 5- beat at around 5 on Monday 08pm, according to Central Weather Administration. In Taipei, the money, it could be felt.
A number of waves and earthquakes followed, with two powerful numbness hitting one after another around 2:00. 30am Tuesday, according to AFP investigators and testimony in Taipei.
” I was washing my arms, and immediately felt what I thought was vertigo,” Olivier Bonifacio, a visitor being in Taipei’s Da’an area, told AFP.
He said,” I stepped into my room and noticed the tower was rocking and I heard the table squeak,” adding that it was then that he realized it was another tremor.
The Central Weather Administration said a magnitude-6. At 2, the earthquake had struck. 26 am, followed six days afterwards by the magnitude-6. 3 quake.
The first one was rated at a magnitude -6 by the US Geological Survey. 1, followed by a magnitude-6. 0.
The Central Weather Administration recorded dozens more smaller spasms throughout the day, with new ones appearing every few minutes, according to their website, all in the Hualien place.
One report claimed that “glass sections of bath and panels were making noises” as the island shuddered on Monday, while another claimed that AFP reporters could hear their buildings swaying during severe quakes.
Taiwan is prone to earthquakes because it is close to the confluence of two seismic sheets.
In a 2016 earthquake in southwestern Taiwan, more than 100 individuals died, compared to 7 others. 3 scale collapse killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.