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Taiwan Earthquake 2010: Magnitude 6.4 Shock Caused Power Outage
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by Scott Wu | March 3, 2010 at 06:25 pm
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Taiwan Earthquake Magnitude 6.4
Taiwan experienced a magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 8:18 a.m. local time. The earthquake originated in the southern part of Taiwan in Kaohsiung. No major damage was reported.
Parts of Taipei experienced temporary power outage. Some people were trapped in elevators as a result of the earthquake. The high speed rail connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung was stopped.
The epicenter of the Taiwan earthquake was 5 km deep. After shocks are expected to come in an earthquake of this scale.
Earthquake in Taiwan is frequent. The island nation experience its worst hit back in 1999, which caused more than 2400 deaths.
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at 22:14 on March 3rd, 2010
it happened 4 hours ago nd its a magnitude and its a deathly earthquake
at 05:13 on March 4th, 2010
is there someone hurt?
at 06:07 on March 4th, 2010
is there any aftershocks after this earthquake? i afraid there's more...my family was having holiday at taipei..
at 09:00 on March 5th, 2010
I'm soo sorry!
at 11:43 on March 5th, 2010
So far, there are more than 200 aftershocks. Fortunately, only few were injured in this earthquake, and no death.