M 6.0 strong earthquake shakes central Taiwan today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter located 61 km far from Taichung and 139 km S of Taipei.
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Update 14:15 UTC
-Total number of injured people has risen to 90.
-An emergency center has been opened in Nantou.
Update 05:35 UTC
-Earthquake in Taichung has killed one people. Following ABC news quoting emergency officials in Taiwan, a 72 years old woman died in house collpse in Nantou county.
-At least 19 people have been injured, mostly by falling objects. Total 14 people injured in Taichung, 4 in Nantou and 1 in Changhua county.
Update 05:00 UTC
-At least 20 people are reported to be injured in Nantou County.
-Tremor was even felt in Fujian province.
Update 04:20 UTC
-Taiwan's high speed rail company has suspended all trains as a precaution. The metro system in the capital Taipei has also been temporarily suspended.
Update 04:05 UTC
Shaking intensity (USGS)
MMI IV (light): Buli, Hualian, Douliu, Zhongxing New Village, Taichung and Lugu.
MMI II-III (weak): Taipei, Banqiao, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Fuzhou.
M 6.0 strong earthquake shakes central Taiwan today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 61 km far from Taichung and 139 km S of Taipei. It was 12.9 miles deep.
Taiwan's central weather bureau has recorded the magnitude at 6.1 and said it shook buildings in the Taiwanese capital Taipei too.
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Taipei in the beginning of march 2013 too. The 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung earthquake is the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan. Earthquake claimed 3,276 lives.
02:30 UTC (local time Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM @ epicenter)
Epicenter Location
21 km (13 miles) SE of Buli, Taiwan
39 km (24 miles) ENE of Lugu, Taiwan
47 km (29 miles) ESE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan
48 km (29 miles) E of Nantou, Taiwan
Photo: Google satellite map of Taiwan earthquake epicenter; USGS
Original post: Natural Disasters List March 27, 2013
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Keep this page open or visit later to get update report.
Update 14:15 UTC
-Total number of injured people has risen to 90.
-An emergency center has been opened in Nantou.
Update 05:35 UTC
-Earthquake in Taichung has killed one people. Following ABC news quoting emergency officials in Taiwan, a 72 years old woman died in house collpse in Nantou county.
-At least 19 people have been injured, mostly by falling objects. Total 14 people injured in Taichung, 4 in Nantou and 1 in Changhua county.
Update 05:00 UTC
-At least 20 people are reported to be injured in Nantou County.
-Tremor was even felt in Fujian province.
Update 04:20 UTC
-Taiwan's high speed rail company has suspended all trains as a precaution. The metro system in the capital Taipei has also been temporarily suspended.
Update 04:05 UTC
Shaking intensity (USGS)
MMI IV (light): Buli, Hualian, Douliu, Zhongxing New Village, Taichung and Lugu.
MMI II-III (weak): Taipei, Banqiao, Tainan, Kaohsiung and Fuzhou.
M 6.0 strong earthquake shakes central Taiwan today, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake's epicenter was located 61 km far from Taichung and 139 km S of Taipei. It was 12.9 miles deep.
Taiwan's central weather bureau has recorded the magnitude at 6.1 and said it shook buildings in the Taiwanese capital Taipei too.
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Taipei in the beginning of march 2013 too. The 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung earthquake is the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan. Earthquake claimed 3,276 lives.
02:30 UTC (local time Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 10:03 AM @ epicenter)
Epicenter Location
21 km (13 miles) SE of Buli, Taiwan
39 km (24 miles) ENE of Lugu, Taiwan
47 km (29 miles) ESE of Zhongxing New Village, Taiwan
48 km (29 miles) E of Nantou, Taiwan
Photo: Google satellite map of Taiwan earthquake epicenter; USGS
Original post: Natural Disasters List March 27, 2013
Are you from Taiwan? Or are you familiar with this earthquake? Kindly write your experience in a few sentence in the comment box below.