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the person opposite Taiwan Reports of feeling ‘shaky’ and shaking after 6.6 magnitude quake earthquake Attacked the northeastern coast of the island.
The quake started around 11:05 pm local time on Saturday, about 32 kilometers from the coastal town of Yilan, but was felt across the island.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude was 6.6, while Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said the quake was a magnitude 7, making it the strongest earthquake recorded in the country since 1999.
“Saturday’s earthquake was felt strongly throughout Taiwan, but because the source depth was quite large and the epicenter was located offshore, the possibility of causing serious damage is relatively small,” Chen Dayi, section chief of the Earthquake Center of the Meteorological Bureau, said at a press conference.
capital city buildings Taipei As shocked as Taiwanese President Lai Ching Tak Residents are urged to be alert for possible aftershocks.
A resident in Yilan County described a building shaking first vertically and then horizontally.
“It kept shaking for a while. Then I ran out, but most people didn’t. I was scared,” he said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 70 kilometers deep, and there were no reports of widespread damage or casualties.
Local news stations showed hanging televisions shaking inside office buildings, spilling cleaning products and broken bottles falling from supermarket shelves.
Taiwan Electric Power Company said more than 3,000 households in Yilan City were briefly without power, and the Taipei City Government reported isolated incidents of damage, including gas and water leaks and minor damage to buildings.
It characterized the event as a magnitude 4 earthquake, meaning minor damage was possible.
TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, said a handful of facilities in the Hsinchu Science Park, where it is headquartered, have met evacuation standards due to the earthquake.
The meteorological department warned people to be alert for aftershocks of magnitude 5.5 and magnitude 6.0 in the coming day.
Several “high wave” warnings were issued in Japan’s Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku and Okinawa regions, but no tsunami warnings or warnings were issued.
Taiwan is located at the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to frequent earthquakes. Earthquakes with magnitudes between 6.0 and 6.9 are described as “strong.”
An earthquake in southern Taiwan in 2016 killed more than 100 people, while a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in 1999 killed more than 2,000 people.