Earthquake — Taiwan: Nantou, Taichung, Taizhong

When

20 Sep 1999

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.6

Where

Taiwan

Coordinates

23.83° N, 120.81° E

Deaths

2297

Injuries

8700

Damage musd

14000

Houses destroyed

8200

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

25

Earthquake in Taiwan

The Chi-Chi earthquake, was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on September 21, 1999, at 01:47:12 local time. 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage was done. It is the second-deadliest earthquake in Taiwan's recorded history, after the 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake.

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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 “The 7.7 921 earthquake (also known as the Jiji earthquake) affects central Taiwan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme) leaving 2,400 people dead…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясение на Тайване, более 2000 жертв”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Taiwán, un terremoto de 7,7 mata a más de 2.400 personas y deja heridas a más de 11000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “台灣南投縣於凌晨1 時47 分12.6 秒發生芮氏規模7.3的強烈地震，造成2,415人死亡，11,305人受傷，為二戰結束以來傷亡最慘重的自然災害。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “台湾で大地震が発生（921大地震）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page