Taiwan rocked by magnitude 7.0 quake but no major damage reported | Earthquakes News

The climate administration stated harm from the quake ought to be restricted as a result of it was deep and hit offshore.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Taiwan’s northeastern coastal metropolis, the island’s climate administration stated, with no quick reviews of main harm.

The quake with a depth of 73km (45 miles) was felt throughout Taiwan and shook buildings within the capital Taipei, the administration stated on Saturday, assigning it an intensity-four class, which means there may very well be minor harm.

Taipei metropolis’s authorities stated there was no main harm reported within the quick aftermath, with some remoted instances of harm, together with fuel and water leakage and minor harm to buildings.

America Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6.

Greater than 3,000 houses in Yilan briefly misplaced energy, the Taiwan Energy Firm stated.

Main chipmaker TSMC stated a small variety of its services within the northern Hsinchu Science Park met evacuation thresholds after the quake, and evacuated workers had since returned to their posts.

The climate administration stated folks ought to be on alert for aftershocks of magnitude 5.5-6.0 within the coming day. It additionally stated harm from the quake ought to be restricted as a result of it was comparatively deep and hit offshore.

Taiwan President William Lai Ching-te stated in a social media put up that authorities had the state of affairs underneath management and in addition urged the inhabitants to be on alert for aftershocks.

Taiwan lies close to the junction of two tectonic plates and is susceptible to earthquakes.

In April 2024, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake killed 17 folks because it triggered landslides and severely broken buildings round Hualien metropolis.

Officers on the time stated it was Taiwan’s strongest quake in 25 years.

Greater than 100 folks had been killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, whereas a magnitude 7.3 quake killed greater than 2,000 folks in 1999.