A magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in Taiwan and a building cracked. Taiwan experts: The scale is equivalent to 5.6 atomic bombs
10 at 21:19 on the 10th, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the sea area of Yilan County, Taiwan (24.74 degrees north latitude, 121.99 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 80 kilometers. The earthquake caused a strong tremor in Taipei, and the tremor in the whole island was obvious, and there was also a significant tremor in Fujian Fuzhou, Xiamen, , Quanzhou and other places.
Source: National Earthquake Network official Weibo
According to Taiwan's " China Times Electronic News ", after the earthquake, an alarm on the island sounded loudly. Taiwan earthquake expert and former director of the earthquake surveying and reporting center of the meteorological department, Guo Kaiwen, said that the earthquake is a movement under the Eurasian continent. Although the earthquake is deep, the scale released is about 5.6 atomic bombs. However, he also pointed out that in recent years, moderate energy release has helped Taiwan.
reported that the scale of the earthquake was large. Wu Jianfu, deputy director of the Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center of the Taiwan Meteorological Department, sentenced that the earthquake should have been erratic in the concealed zone located in the northeast corner, and it is close to Taiwan Island , so the feeling is quite obvious, and there are expected aftershocks in a week.
Another Taiwanese media reported that there was a crack in the building No. 101, Section 4, Nanjing East Road, , Songshan District, Taipei City, and bricks fell all over the ground. After receiving the report, the police rushed to the scene and pulled up a blockade line around. At present, no damage was seen in the structure. The civil engineering technician will further identify it before the damage will be confirmed. (Overseas Network Yao Kaihong)
Source: Overseas Network
