The magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday was the strongest in 25 years, the island’s Central Climate Administration mentioned.
Right here’s a glance again at among the main earthquakes in fashionable Taiwanese historical past:
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In September 1999, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan killed practically 2,500 folks, america Geological Survey mentioned. It was the second-deadliest within the island’s historical past, in keeping with the usG.S. and Taiwan’s Central Climate Administration. Greater than 10,000 folks have been injured and greater than 100,000 houses have been destroyed or broken.
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Taiwan’s deadliest quake registered a magnitude of seven.1 and struck close to the island’s west coast in April 1935, killing greater than 3,200 folks, the Central Climate Administration mentioned. Greater than 12,000 others have been injured and greater than 50,000 houses have been destroyed or broken.
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A magnitude 7.3 earthquake in December 1941, which struck southwestern Taiwan, brought on a number of hundred deaths, the usG.S. mentioned.
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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in February 2016 brought on a 17-story residence advanced in southwestern Taiwan to break down, killing at the very least 114 folks. The usG.S. later mentioned that 90 earthquakes of that scale or higher had occurred inside 250 kilometers, or 155 miles, of that quake’s location over the earlier 100 years.
