[Global Network Report] Since the night of September 17, magnitude 6.5 and 6.9 earthquakes and multiple aftershocks have occurred in Taitung and Hualien counties in Taiwan. According to Taiwan United News Network, as of 23:00 on the evening of the 18th, the earthquake had caused 1 death and 142 injuries. Taiwan's "Central News Agency" said that the Taiwan disaster response center will not rule out aftershocks of magnitude 5 or above in the next week.
Taiwan's "Central News Agency" reported that the Taiwan disaster response center held a meeting on the evening of the 18th. The Taiwan meteorological department said that an earthquake occurred in Guanshan Town, Taitung on the evening of the 17th, and another earthquake occurred in Chishang Township, Taitung on the afternoon of the 18th, during which aftershocks occurred one after another. Since there may be local temporary showers in the eastern part of Hualien in the next three days, it reminds disaster relief personnel and people to be more careful and keep warm. At the same time, it is not ruled out that aftershocks above magnitude 5 will still occur in the next week. The report said that the main disasters of this earthquake are located in Hualien and Taitung areas.
"United Daily" said that the Taiwan Disaster Response Center stated that the strong earthquake on the 18th caused casualties. As of 23:00 on the 18th, 1 death and 142 injuries were caused, including 76 people in Hualien County, 55 people in Taitung County, 4 people in Kaohsiung City, 2 people in New Taipei City, 2 people in Taoyuan City, 2 people in Pingtung County, and 1 person in Chiayi County.
Taiwan's "Central News Agency" reported that a worker named Huang from a ready-mixed cement plant in Yuli Town, Hualien County was dismantling the dust collector at the time of the earthquake. He was accidentally crushed and died after being sent to the hospital for treatment. In addition, there were many disasters in Hualien County, including the collapse of three-story buildings in Yuli Town, the damage to multiple bridges and the derailment of the train, and the trapped people were successfully rescued.
Taiwan Transportation Department stated that due to the earthquake, there is a total of 1 road disaster-impeded section, which is the 32.5K road surface of Taiwan Line 30 line cracked and has a drop drop. Due to poor vision at night, the east cave entrance of Yuchang Highway is closed, and two-way traffic is expected to resume at 8 a.m. on the 19th.
In addition, the Central News Agency reported that the section of the Taiwan Railway Hualien-Taidong Road was interrupted, and the transfer to the south route and dispatched passenger vehicles were evacuated; the collapse of the cement canopy at the Taitung Dongli Station caused the "Ziqiang" train to dump the carriage, and no casualties were found. As for the road interruption caused by the collapse of Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain, the Taiwan Transportation Department said that the former was trapped with about 60 to 80 passengers, while the latter was about 600, and the passageway and related resettlement measures have been carried out.
Source: Global Network
