TAIPEI, Taiwan — A cluster of earthquakes struck Taiwan early on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude, in response to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was no rapid data of any injury or casualties.
The temblors struck after a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island earlier this month, killing 13 folks and injuring over 1,000. That earthquake was centered alongside the coast of the agricultural and mountainous Hualien County. It was the strongest earthquake up to now 25 years in Taiwan and was adopted by lots of of aftershocks.
In line with the USGS, Tuesday’s quake of 6.1 magnitude had its epicenter 28 kilometers (17.5 miles) south of the town of Hualien, at a dept of 10.7 kilometers. The half-dozen different quakes ranged from magnitude 4.5 to magnitude 6, all close to Hualien.
Taiwan is not any stranger to highly effective earthquakes but their toll on the high-tech island’s 23 million residents has been comparatively contained due to its wonderful earthquake preparedness, consultants say. The island additionally has strict development requirements and widespread public training campaigns about earthquakes.
In 1999, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Taiwan killed 2,400 folks.
