Earthquake — Taiwan: Jiayi

Wann

16. März 1906

Art

Erdbeben

Magnitude

6.8

Position

Taiwan

Koordinaten

23.60° N, 120.50° E

Deaths

1258

Injuries

145

Houses destroyed

6769

Earthquake affecting Taiwan

The 1906 Meishan earthquake was centered on Moe'akhe, Kagi-cho, Japanese Taiwan and occurred on March 17. Referred to at the time as the Great Kagi earthquake, it is the third-deadliest earthquake in Taiwan's recorded history, claiming around 1,260 lives. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).

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