A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at 2:44 pm on the 18th. A three-story building in Yuli Town, Hualien County collapsed. The trapped 39-year-old woman named Ye was rescued from the broken tiles by firefighters at 5:43 pm. Fortunately, she is not in danger of life. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network")
China Taiwan Network September 19th According to Taiwan's China Times, a magnitude 6.4 magnitude (meteorological department of Taiwan) earthquake occurred on the night before (17th), with constant aftershocks. Unexpectedly, a magnitude 6.8 shallow earthquake occurred at 2:44 noon yesterday (18th). Taiwan felt that it was the largest earthquake on the island this year. The earthquake killed one person in Yuli, Hualian, and injured 79 people in Taiwan. Huadong Railway Highway was severely damaged. Nearly 600 tourists were trapped on the mountain at Hualien tourist attractions Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain. The police connected them all night to go down the mountain. Taiwan's meteorological authorities said that aftershocks above magnitude 5 may still occur in the next two days, and now they have entered the active period of earthquakes.
magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 9:41 pm on the night before. The Taiwan meteorological department originally thought it was the main earthquake, but after the 6.8 earthquake occurred in Chishang Township yesterday afternoon, Chen Guochang, director of the earthquake survey and reporting center of the Taiwan meteorological department, changed his words and said that Guanshan can only be considered a fore earthquake, and the real main earthquake is on the pond. There were more than 70 fore earthquakes before the main earthquake , which is indeed rare.
In response to the causes of earthquakes, Chen Dayi, head of the Research and Development Section of the Earthquake Measurement and Reporter Center of the Taiwan Meteorological Department, said that due to the squeeze of Philippine Sea plate and Eurasian plate, the fault rupture and movement under the influence of stress caused an earthquake. It is related to the fault system under the Central Mountain Range , and has now entered the seismic active period.
Chen Guochang pointed out that there were almost few earthquakes in the epicenter area in the past 50 years, and there were only 7 earthquakes with a scale of more than magnitude 5.0. The epicenter was located at the edge of the central mountain range on the west side of the Huadong Long Valley of . Here is the harder metamorphic rock . Since the harder the geology is, the more it can withstand the plate squeeze. After accumulating a lot of energy, it was finally released, and a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred. Guo Kaiwen, former director of the Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center of the Taiwan Meteorological Department, said that a magnitude 6.8-magnitude earthquake is equivalent to the power of eight atomic bombs.
Taitung suffered a strong earthquake for two consecutive days, and the disasters in Fuli Township, Hualien County, and Yuli Town, which are close to the epicenter, are even more serious. A three-story house in Yuli Town collapsed and four people were trapped. Fortunately, they were all rescued. However, a worker named Huang from a ready-mixed cement factory was crushed to death by a dust collector during the earthquake, becoming the first victim of the earthquake. According to statistics from the Hualien County Fire Department, the earthquake yesterday killed 1 person and injured 53 people.
Not only that, the platform canopy of the Hualien Dongli Station hit the train, the 6 carriages of the Taiwan Railway Ziqiang Route tilted, 20 passengers crawled out of fear and fled. The Gaoliao Bridge was also shaken down, and 3 people passed by the fallen bridge and were rescued without any serious damage. There are also Yuli Bridge, Luntian Bridge, and Changfu Bridge decks that are deformed and broken, and are damaged in many places. The Chike Mountain and Liushishishan Lianwai Roads collapsed, and nearly 600 tourists were trapped on the mountain and could not go down the mountain. Hualien County Mayor Xu Zhenwei announced that Yuli Town, Fuli Township and Zhuoxi Township will be suspended on the 19th, and the county government will make every effort to rescue the disaster.
In addition, the freezing storage tank of the Guanshan Rice Milling Factory in Taitung collapsed, and tens of thousands of kilograms of rice had not been taken out. In just a few seconds, the farmers' hard work was destroyed. It is estimated that the loss is at least NT$40 million NT$4. A cement preparatory trough stored in a cement ready-mix plant in Guanshan collapsed severely, but fortunately no casualties were caused by the earthquake.
The Lina Bone Tower in Luye Township, which has been built for about 20 years, is adjacent to the epicenter. Nearly 800 of the 2,200 counters have been damaged, and ashes and debris have been scattered all over the land. The county government and township office will assist in restoring as soon as possible after obtaining the consent of the family. Baohua Bridge, which has been in Luye Township for 40 years, was cracked due to earthquake dislocation.
Taitung County Government urgently announced that Haiduan Township , Chishang Township, Guanshan Town, Luye Township and Yanping Township html stopped working and classes on the 419th. In addition, the roadbed at the East Cave entrance of Yuchang Highway is sunken, and the Guanshan Electric Bridge and other night warning closures are implemented.
Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said on the 18th that 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, causing property losses and casualties.The relevant parties in mainland China are highly concerned about this, express condolences to the families of the victims, express condolences to the injured, and hope that the affected people will resume normal production and living order as soon as possible. (Editor/Li Ning Reviewed/Li Botao)
