More than 80 earthquakes hit Taiwan. More than 80 earthquakes were felt on Taiwan’s east coast from Monday (April 22) night local time to Tuesday (April 23) early morning.
The strongest of these tremors was magnitude 6.3. Reuters reported this information in a report on Tuesday.
According to reports, more than 80 earthquakes struck Taiwan’s east coast from Monday night to Tuesday morning, according to the island territory’s meteorological administration. The strongest of these tremors was magnitude 6.3.
In addition, some of these earthquakes hit one after the other and also caused tremors in the buildings of the capital Taipei.
Taiwan’s Meteorological Administration said the remote eastern county of Hualien was the epicenter of the earthquakes. At least 14 people lost their lives in the area earlier this month after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale.
The Hualien Fire Department said early Tuesday that a hotel damaged by the April 3 earthquake was further damaged and leaning. However, it was closed due to damage from the previous earthquake. However, no casualty was reported.
Note that Taiwan is extremely earthquake prone as it is located near the junction of two tectonic plates.
Earlier, in 2016, a powerful earthquake in southern Taiwan killed hundreds of people. Before that, in 1999, more than 2,000 people died in an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on this island.
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