According to Overseas Network on December 10, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the sea area of Yilan County, Taiwan at 21:19 on the 10th, with the intensity of the earthquake equivalent to the power of 5.6 atomic bombs explosions. Regarding the impact of the earthquake in Yilan County on Taiwan, Guo Kaiwen, an expert in the Taiwan Earthquake and former director of the Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center of the Meteorological Department, said that in recent years, due to the release of less energy, moderate energy release will help Taiwan. Another earthquake expert, Wu Jianfu, analyzed that the earthquake was caused by a misalignment in the hidden zone located in the northeast corner. He predicted that aftershocks would occur in the area in a week.
After an earthquake occurred in the sea area of Yilan County, many mainstream media in Taiwan reported. In the report, Taiwan media pointed out that the earthquake caused damage to many places. Among them, the building No. 101, Section 4, Nanjing East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City, cracked due to the earthquake. Firefighters arrived at the scene immediately after learning the news. In order to prevent nearby people from being injured due to the falling of bricks, a blockade line has been pulled up around the scene. The civil engineering technician will further confirm the damage on site in the future.
It is worth noting that the earthquake focal depth that occurred in the sea area of Yilan County was 80 kilometers, and Taipei felt a strong quake, and it was significantly affected by all parts of the island. There is also a clear tremor in Fujian Fuzhou, Xiamen , Quanzhou , Hangzhou and other places close to Yilan County, Taiwan. Online videos show that after the tremor occurred in Fuzhou, students in many schools were evacuated in an orderly manner. About 2,000 students from Xiamen Shuangshi Middle School gathered in the open space downstairs to avoid danger, and the lamps in the homes of some high-rise residents in Hangzhou were shaking. In this regard, experts analyzed that residents in high-rise buildings in Hangzhou are affected by the seismic wave and , and have a clear "far-field effect", that is, some high-rises will resonate with the seismic wave during the vibration process, further increasing the vibration amplitude.
Quick report released from China Earthquake Network shows that the earthquake is 215 kilometers away from Taiwan Island and 57 kilometers away from Taipei City. Based on previous statistics, the earthquake that occurred in Yilan County was the largest magnitude in Taiwan this year. Among the 45 earthquakes above magnitude 4 that occurred this year, there were 38 magnitudes 4.0 to 4.9, and 7 magnitudes 5.0 to 5.9.
