An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Hualien at 7:58 a.m. on the 3rd. According to statistics from the Central Meteorological Administration, as of 2:18 pm today, the cumulative number of aftershocks reached 369, with the largest number of aftershocks ranging from 3 to 4, reaching 209, and the other with magnitude 4 There were 140 cases between scale 5 and 5, 16 cases between scale 5 and 6, and there were still 2 cases above scale 6 to 7. They were scale 6.5 at 8:11 a.m. yesterday and scale 6.2 at 10:14 a.m. yesterday.
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The weather club “Taiwan Typhoon Forum | Weather Emergency” is hereFacebookHe said that aftershocks were mainly observed to the north of the main shock and around the Milun fault and its offshore extension, especially the Milun fault and the Suhua coast.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 occurred in Hualien yesterday, with a depth of 15.5 kilometers. The epicenter was located 25.0 kilometers south-southeast of the Hualien County Government (located in the waters of eastern Taiwan). The maximum earthquake intensity was 6 in Hualien County. The Typhoon Forum stated that although the frequency and scale of the aftershocks of the Hualien earthquake are decreasing, the risk is still high and people still need to be more vigilant. The geological environment in the mountainous areas of central and northern China is very sensitive and fragile, and the risk of disasters is high. It calls on the public not to climb mountains, camp, or Activities such as river tracing.
Huang Xinhua, an associate researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences of Academia Sinica, reminded that further investigation on which fault the epicenter of the earthquake is located still needs to be carried out, but at this stage, the data are still being collected and there is no clear judgment yet.
Huang Xinhua said that if it occurs on the longitudinal valley fault, since there have been no major earthquakes on this fault in the past few years, as far as he can remember, it has been traced back to the 2003 Taitung earthquake; therefore, there will be more need to worry about whether there will be subsequent earthquakes. A major earthquake occurs. Huang Xinhua added that earthquakes in an area may increase the probability of fault activity, but it is difficult to predict whether the impact will be one day, one month, or three or five years later. This is also the most difficult part of current research. .
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