Life Center / Kaohsiung Report
▲ Ichiban Sukiyaki Kaohsiung Dream Times store will be temporarily closed from today. (Photo / Extract from Facebook)
According to the Central Meteorological Administration’s earthquake report, the earthquake’s epicenter was in the city of Guanshan, Taitung County, with a scale of 6.4 on the Richter scale and a depth of 7.3 kilometers. Some netizens reported on the 17th that the “decorative wall cracked” on the 8th floor of the Kaohsiung Dream Mall, and the sukiyaki on the 9th floor of the Dream Mall also announced on the evening of the same day that due to the impact of the earthquake, will be suspended from today (18) open to trade.
After the strong earthquake last night, the Facebook fan page “Kaohsiung Point Kaohsiung.” reported the breakage of the decorative wall on the 8th floor of the Dream Times. From the photos you can see that the white calcium silicate panel of the decorative wall was cracked and the ceiling in the corridor also fell off. Below, the picture is quite scary. After the photo was exposed, netizens left comments like “It’s so scary”, “God bless Taiwan”, “It’s shocking! It’s a scary earthquake” and “I hope nobody gets hurt.”
▲ Cracks occurred in the decorative wall on the 8th floor of Dream Times and the ceiling fell off. (Photo / Photo taken from Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung. Fan Zhuan)
However, other netizens also pointed out: “Fortunately, the calcium silicate plates for decoration are cracked, not the structure”, “This is normal, only in the position of the expansion joint, and the cracks are also decorative walls”, “It’s is a building. Depending on the location of the expansion joints, it shouldn’t hurt much.
In addition, the Ichiban Sukiyaki Kaohsiung Dreamtime store announced on Facebook on the evening of the 17th that due to the impact of the earthquake, some of the store’s facilities were damaged, “The Dreamtime store will be closed from September 18th, we apologize for the inconvenience.” , as for when it will resume activity, there is no announcement.
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