Earthquake — Taiwan: Pingtung

When

26 Dec 2006

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.0

Where

Taiwan

Coordinates

21.80° N, 120.55° E

Deaths

2

Injuries

40

Depth km

10

Earthquakes and tsunami near Taiwan

The 2006 Hengchun earthquakes occurred on December 26 at 20:26 and 20:34 local time off the southwest coast of Taiwan in the Luzon Strait, which connects the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea. The International Seismological Centre measured the shocks at 7.0 and 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale.

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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 7.0 and 6.9 Hengchun earthquakes occurred in Pingtung County”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben mit Epizentrum vor der Küste Taiwans richtet verhältnismäßig geringen Schaden an Land an, zerstört jedoch mehrere Seekabel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dos terremotos de 7,0 y 6,9 sacuden la costa suroeste de Taiwán dejando 2 muertos y más de 40 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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