A powerful magnitude 5.6 aftershock struck Chiayi County in southern Taiwan, following last week's magnitude 6.4 earthquake in the same region. No casualties or injuries have been reported.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning as a series of shocks hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future. The biggest of the quakes hit at 10.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.
The hypocenter of the quake, which occurred at 10:11am, was in Dapu Township (大埔) at a depth of 10km, CWA data showed. The quake’s intensity, which measures the perceptible effects of a seismic event,
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan High Speed Rail Co. reported possible train delays due to a series of earthquakes in Chiayi on Thursday morning. The tremors caused rockslides along Alishan Highway, closing the road in both directions, CNA reported. Authorities stated that the road is now open to single-lane, two-way traffic.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan triggered landslides and caused the ceilings of several homes to cave in, but photos of damaged buildings shared hundreds of times in social media posts were not taken after the quake on January 21.
In the early hours of January 21, a powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Chiayi, Taiwan, forcing leading semiconductor manufacturers—TSMC, UMC, and Innolux—to implement precautionary shutdowns of their production lines.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan near the city of Chiayi, according to the island’s weather bureau.
XIAMEN/TAIPEI: A joint fireworks display lit up the night sky on Wednesday (Jan 29) in Xiamen, a coastal city on the Chinese mainland, and Kinmen, as both sides celebrated the Chinese New Year.
A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Chiayi in southern Taiwan, causing buildings to shake in the capital, Taipei. With a depth of 9.4 km, the quake underscores Taiwan's vulnerability due to its location near the junction of two tectonic plates,
The earthquake hit Taiwan's southern Chiayi county at 12.17am local time. According to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration, the epicenter was located 38km (23 miles) southeast of
The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. and was centered 38 kilometers (24 miles) southeast of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a less powerful magnitude 6.