According to China Earthquake Network , a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan (23.15 degrees north latitude, 121.30 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 10 kilometers.
According to the China Earthquake Network Center, the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan and the magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Taiwan last night were earthquake groups in the same area, with the two epicenters being about 14 kilometers apart.
As of the time of press time, many earthquakes occurred in many places in Taiwan:
At 02:03 on September 18, 4.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in the sea area of Taitung County, Taiwan (23.06 degrees north latitude, 121.45 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 05:41 on September 18, 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan. The epicenter of is located in Fuli Township, Hualien County, with an epicenter depth of 6.9 kilometers. (Report from Taiwan Meteorological Department)
9:51 on September 18, 4.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.12 degrees north latitude, 121.38 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 09:52 on September 18, 4.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in the sea area of Taitung County, Taiwan (23.04 degrees north latitude, 121.58 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 9 kilometers.
At 10:00 on September 18, 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.05 degrees north latitude, 121.46 degrees east longitude) in , with a depth of 8 kilometers.
At 13:19 on September 18, 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.09 degrees north latitude, 121.27 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 12 kilometers.
At 13:54 on September 18, 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.10 degrees north latitude, 121.34 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 14:32 on September 18, 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.17 degrees north latitude, 121.20 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 14:44 on September 18, 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.15 degrees north latitude, 121.30 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 14:57 on September 18, 4.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.09 degrees north latitude, 121.26 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
At 16:46 on September 18, 4.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.14 degrees north latitude, 121.23 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.
At 17:39 on September 18, 5.4 magnitude earthquake occurred in (23.28 degrees north latitude, 121.34 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
Hualien's 6.9-magnitude earthquake
is the largest earthquake in my country this year
caused the building to collapse, the bridge deck to be broken into several segments, and the train tilts
According to the fast report of the China Earthquake Network, Taiwan's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Hualien County is the largest earthquake in my country this year.
According to the earthquake information broadcast robot , from January 1, 2022 to the present, my country has experienced 533 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above, including 388 magnitude 3.0 to 3.9 magnitude 105 magnitude 4.0 to 4.9 magnitude 30 magnitude 6.0 to 6.9 magnitude 10 magnitude 6.0 to 6.9 magnitude 10 magnitude 7.0 and above. The largest earthquakes are the magnitude 6.9 earthquakes that occurred in Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai on January 8 and the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan on September 18.
Due to constant aftershocks, many businesses in Yuli Town, Hualien County have lost power, and many motorcycles on the roadside have fallen to the ground.
A building collapsed in Yuli Town, Hualien County, Taiwan, and the police and fire department went to the scene to carry out search and rescue.
According to CCTV News html at 18:08 on the 218th, all 44 trapped people in html have been rescued, and the rescue time lasts for more than three hours.
According to local people's reports, the bridge deck of Gaoliao Bridge in Yuli Town, Hualien County has been broken into several sections. It can be seen in the
screen that some people happened to be stuck in the middle of the bridge, but the front and rear bridge decks disappeared, which was shocking.
Gaoliao Bridge in Yuli Town, Hualien County is an important local traffic bridge. On March 22 this year, the earthquake caused damage to bridge railings, guide railings, road surfaces and other facilities, and roads were closed and repaired in June.
According to Taiwan media reports, some sections of Taitung Tai Line 9 highway collapsed, and the expansion joint of the No. 5 bridge of Taitung Line 11 highway cracked, and the Orange Mountain collapsed in Chenggongzhen.
In addition, railway said that the canopy at Hualien Dongli Station was shaken down, overwhelming train No. 4204 in the station. There were 20 passengers on the train, but fortunately no one was injured. has sent personnel to assist in handling related incidents.
mph transport operation is affected
18, according to CCTV News, the operation of MRT transport in many places in Taiwan is affected. Taiwan's Kaohsiung MRT was suspended due to a strong earthquake. Kaohsiung MRT said that the trains between stations have been changed to a speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour. The current train will clear the train after the next station. After clearing the train, the train patrol operations will be carried out, the tracks will be inspected, and the operation will be resumed after confirming that all the operating lines have been inspected.
Taichung MRT stated that it has confirmed that the signal system has no abnormal alarms and the power system has not jumped. All trains enter the station at a slow speed to evacuate passengers. The system has suspended operations and set a temporary speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour to patrol the train, and instructed each station to inspect the station body. The maintenance unit has been notified.
Taipei MRT Company pointed out that after receiving the earthquake news, it immediately carried out slow rail patrol operations for the entire train in accordance with the standard process. This is also the second time that Beijie implemented slow driving on the same day.
Taiwan Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center:
6.9 magnitude earthquake is the main earthquake. There have been more than 70 front-foot earthquakes
0 The person in charge of the Taiwan Meteorological Department Earthquake Measurement and Reporting Center said that at 14:44 on the 18th, the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Hualien County, Taiwan was the largest earthquake this year. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Taitung County, Taiwan on the evening of the 17th was front-foot earthquake . The magnitude 6.9 earthquake is the main earthquake, but it is predicted that there will be no more aftershocks than this more than 70 front-foot earthquakes.
The person in charge said that there were more than 70 forward shocks before main shock occurred, which is quite rare.
The person in charge said that the earthquake measurement and reporting center judged that the magnitude 6.9 earthquake was the main earthquake, because the earthquake was not large in range, and there were not many destructive structures on the geology. The following aftershocks will be smaller than the energy released by the foreshocks.
Hi, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other
Hi coastal areas have obvious quakes
It is understood that there is obvious quakes in coastal areas such as Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shanghai; there are obvious quakes in Zhejiang Hangzhou, Ningbo , Wenzhou , Taizhou , Taizhou and other places, and Nanchang, Jiangxi, Ganzhou and other places.
Ms. Guo, who lives in Shantou City, Guangdong Province, told reporters that at that time (on the afternoon of the 18th), she saw the lights at home shaking violently, and the shaking time lasted about 2 minutes. She lives on the 16th floor and immediately took her children to the stairwell when the earthquake occurred. "I didn't dare to walk down, so I just waited in the stairwell until there was no obvious tremor."
Ms. Guo also said that some community owners communicated in the group and said that the earthquake had a relatively obvious tremor from high-rise owners, while middle- and low-rise owners had no obvious feelings.
Mr. Hu (pseudonym) of Daxing Street, Fengze District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province told reporters that he felt shocked on the evening of the 17th and the afternoon of the 18th. "I went to work in the office on the afternoon of the 18th. The vibration lasted for about ten seconds, and the cups on the table were shaking," said Mr. Hu.
At the same time, many netizens whose IPs are shown in Fujian and Zhejiang said: The tremor is obvious, "it is more shaking than yesterday."
May peace!
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