Earthquake — Taiwan: Hua-Lien

When

2 Apr 2024

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.4

Where

Taiwan

Coordinates

23.84° N, 121.60° E

Deaths

18

Injuries

1155

Damage musd

2500

Houses destroyed

111

Depth km

40

7.4 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan

On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST, a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 19 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It was the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, with three aftershocks above Mw 6.0.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20 – hitting Okinawa Prefecture”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2024 Hualien depremi: Tayvan'ın doğu kıyısı açıklarında 7,4 büyüklüğünde bir deprem meydana geldi ve küçük tsunamiler 20–30 cm yüksekliğe ulaşarak Japonya'nın…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un violento terremoto de 7,4, sacude la ciudad de Hualien en Taiwán dejando un saldo de 20 muertos y más de 1.100 heridos siendo este el más fuerte desde el…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “3 أبريل ـ زلزال بقوة 7.2 ريختر يضرب مدينة هواليان في تايوان”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “4月3日早上7點58分09秒——中華民國花蓮縣發生芮氏規模7.2有感大地震，這也是台灣歷經921大地震後時隔25年出現的有感大地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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