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1 hour ago · The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the shaking, was highest where Hualien and Yilan counties meet, measuring 4 on Taiwan’s seven-tier scale. No immediate damage or injuries were reported. Earlier in the day, three earthquakes struck off Hualien county five minutes apart.
1 day ago · The CWA said the quake's epicenter was 32.8 km northeast of Hualien County Hall, with a shallow focal depth of 10 km. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location. The quake’s intensity registered a 4 in Hualien County and Yilan County.
1 day ago · The earthquake struck on land in Papua New Guinea, 107 kilometer (66 mi) south-southwest of Kokopo in East New Britain. The center of this earthquake had a quite shallow depth of 37 km. Shallow earthquakes usually have a larger impact than earthquakes deep in the earth.
1 day ago · The earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, was highest along the border of Hualien and Yilan counties, where it measured 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale.
1 day ago · Picture 3: Macroseismic intensity map for the magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Hualien, Taiwan. There have been no reports of damage, injuries, or casualties as a result of the earthquake so far and no particular alert was issued.
1 hour ago · According to the agency, the quake recently hit Bohol and it has a magnitude of 4.1. Photo: PHIVOLCS. The earthquake today that struck Bohol, Saturday, May 11, 2024, was tectonic in origin. A tectonic quake is a shaking which is a product when the Earth’s crust breaks because of the geological forces on the rocks and the adjoining plates ...
1 day ago · At 3.45 p.m. on Friday, another 5.8 temblor rocked Taiwan, with a very shallow depth of 10 kilometers and a maximum intensity of 4 on Taiwan’s 7-tier scale. Earlier in the day, there had been three tremors of magnitude 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 respectively. Since April 3 Taiwan has experienced more than 1,400 quakes and seismologists say the quakes ...
