On the evening of September 17, 2022, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred in Taitung County, Taiwan, and there was a tremor on the entire island of Taiwan. On the afternoon of the 18th, another magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred. A worker was injured and died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. This was the first victim of this earthquake.
Firefighters immediately started the rescue work. At around 2 p.m. on September 18, firefighters rescued the owner of the house, who was about 70 years old. At about 4 pm, the owner's wife was rescued. At around 5 p.m., the search and rescue personnel successfully rescued another trapped mother and daughter.
After the rescuers continued to rescue the victims, the scene was worried that the subsequent aftershocks would cause the house to experience secondary damage, so the demolition work was carried out immediately.
htmlOn September 20, a special correspondent from "Phoenix Focus" went from Taipei to Taitung to interview the post-disaster situation. He encountered an aftershock when he stopped at Dongli Railway Station in the middle. The railway was destroyed and people were blocked from travel.
The reporter came to the intersection of the second section of Zhongshan Road, Yuli, Hualian and Minzu Street. This intersection is the most severely damaged place this time. A large area of wreckage behind the reporter was formerly a three-story house with a supermarket on the first floor.
After the earthquake, the owner's son, Mr. Chen, rushed back to Hualian Yuli from Tainan overnight. The earthquake caused the owner and his wife to have abrasions and traumatic stress, and also destroyed the old house that two generations have lived in for more than 30 years. According to Mr. Chen, this earthquake in was the strongest earthquake that my parents felt in their lives, and they were very frightened.
There are more residential buildings in Yuli Town, Hualien County due to earthquakes, and many people are trapped in local scenic spots by earthquakes.
Chike Mountain in Hualien County is in September when Golden Needle Flower is open. Many tourists come to the mountain to watch the sea of flowers, but after the earthquake, the road to the mountain was interrupted, and more than 600 tourists were trapped on the mountain for a time. At noon on the 19th, the road was cleared only after the cooperation between the Hualien County Government and the General Highway Administration, and all tourists were freed from difficulties. Some tourism industry insiders said that they originally hoped to attract the public while the golden needle flower bloomed, but they had no choice but to pick it early to end the flower season.
Aftershocks still occur throughout the island from time to time. Although there are unknown fears, natural disasters are ruthless and there is love in the world. The timely appearance of rescue teams from all over Taiwan has allowed the people to feel at ease.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Yuli Town, Hualien County, causing multiple bridges to break in Hualien.
Among them, a bridge called Gaoliao was divided into several sections. In June this year, the bridge was closed for more than ten days due to earthquakes and was maintained, but the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred three months later completely collapsed.
Under the earthquake, bridges were twisted, roads were cracked, and houses collapsed... More than 20,000 households across Taiwan's island had power outages at one time, and nearly 5,000 households in Taitung and Hualien were out of water. On the afternoon of September 19, the day after the Gaoliao Bridge was shaken down, one or twenty families living nearby finally waited for the help of water company . The Gaoliao Bridge, which is 31 years old, was not very high in terms of earthquake resistance when it was built before the "9.21 Earthquake" in Taiwan, which suffered heavy casualties in 1999. Although it took a huge amount of money to complete the renovation three months ago, unfortunately it was still difficult to resist the strong earthquake. The Hualien County Government had to decide to demolish the entire bridge and rebuild it.
also encounters similar troubles, including the Yuli Bridge and the Luntian Bridge in the south. Among them, the Luntian Bridge was built in 1982 and faces a 16-month restoration period; the construction period of the Gaoliao Bridge is expected to last as long as 28 months, and only the Yuli Bridge can be opened to traffic on a single line. In the aftershocks that still continue to be daily, life in Hualien has become full of uncertainty.
Chunri National Primary School is located on Hualien County Road 193. It has a wide area and a wide view, but it has also become a disaster area in the earthquake.
Although the earthquake in Taitung is located in Chishang Township, south of Hualien, the one that has suffered the most is the surrounding area of Hualien Jadeli.The tallest building here is only 9 floors, and there are many old buildings in . Many people, including students, escaped by luck.
In the center of Yuli Town, the Yuli Circle Road has been opened for more than half a century, but it is no longer the same.
The strongest earthquake aftermath in Taitung in 49 years has not yet come to an end. Many experts believe that various signs of show that there may be a strong earthquake in the future.
Director of the "Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center of Taiwan Meteorological Bureau" Chen Guochang:
"The Jianan area is currently a key observation area. (Experts) all believe that there are several faults. The potential is very high now."
On the more concentrated population , the Jianan Plain , is Tainan City, the "second oldest house age" in Taiwan. 50% of the residential buildings have been built for more than 30 years. years of weight may not be able to resist natural disasters, and no matter how glamorous a building is, it cannot match the peace of a house.
Producer: Ke Zhongping
Director: Yi Yuanyuan Xu Yingming
Editor: Ding Xiao
Editor: Ding Xiao
