Earthquake — Taiwan: Jiayi

Cuándo

16 mar 1906

Tipo

Terremoto

Magnitud

6.8

Ubicación

Taiwan

Coordenadas

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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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainPágina de la fuente
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