China News Service, September 17. According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network" report, the Taiwan Meteorological Department pointed out on the evening of the 17th that a 6.5-magnitude earthquake occurred in Guanshan Town, Taitung, and disaster prevention warnings have been issued for many counties and cities, including Taitung County. The largest earthquake in Chishang area is "6 strong", and many aftershocks have been triggered successively. It is not ruled out that there will be aftershocks with a magnitude of 5.0 on the Richter scale in the next 2 days, aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.0 or more in 5 days, and even smaller aftershocks. It lasted for several months, but it did not cause subsequent major earthquakes.
The picture shows items falling from a store in Taitung.
Photo source Taiwan "Central News Agency" Photo by Lu Taicheng
Chen Guochang, director of the Earthquake Prediction Center of the Taiwan Meteorological Department, said that this earthquake is the second largest earthquake this year. The largest earthquake this year was "Top 6", and the whole Taiwan felt it.
"Earthquakes in this area are very strange," Chen Guochang said frankly. In the past 50 years, there have only been 7 earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 5.0 in this area. exist.
He said that due to the large scale of the earthquake, aftershocks with a magnitude of 5.0 or more may still occur within 2 days, and aftershocks with a magnitude of 4.0 within 5 days cannot be ruled out, and may even last for several months, but the scale will be reduced, and Because the geology in this area is relatively hard, it will not cause subsequent major earthquakes.