A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Taiwan.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Taitung County, Taiwan

According to the formal determination of the China Earthquake Network, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at Taitung County, Taiwan at 21:41 on September 17th. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers.

Basic background

Surrounding counties: 4 kilometers from Guanshan Town, 4 kilometers from Chi Shangxiang, 9 kilometers from Donghe Township, 13 kilometers from Luye Township, 16 kilometers from Chenggong Town, 33 kilometers from Taitung County, 223 kilometers from Taipei City.

Earthquake terrain: The average altitude of about 393 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter was about 393 meters.

Historical earthquake: According to the Chinese earthquake platform speed report, a total of 273 earthquakes have occurred in the past 5 years within 200 kilometers around the earthquake.This episode of 117 kilometers), the distribution of historical earthquakes in the first 50 times of the seismic size is shown in the figure.

Netizen: The sense of shock is strong!

Source: China Earthquake Network

Edit: Lin Yanwan

Review: Jiang Xiaoyuan

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