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Taiwan - Earthquakes

published on 23/04/2024

Since 22 April at 10.50 UTC (18.50 local time), up to 45 earthquakes with magnitudes up to 6.1 M have been occurring in the area of Hualien County (eastern Taiwan), some of them have been registered also off-shore in front of the eastern coast of the county. The epicentre of the strongest one (6.1 M occurred on 22 April at 18.26 UTC at a depth of 11 km) was located approximately 28 km south of Hualien City.
US PAGER estimates that up to 5,000 people were exposed to severe shaking, 144,000 to very strong and 207,000 to strong shaking considering the two strongest earthquakes of 6.1 and 6.0 M.
According to media, several buildings have been damaged following the seismic sequence but no casualties have been recorded.
The registered events are located in the same area as the 7.4 M earthquake of 2 April that resulted in at least 14 fatalities.

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