2024 Hualien earthquake

2024 Hualien earthquake
	Rescue workers near the semi-collapsed ten-story Uranus building on Xuanyuan Road
UTC time	2024-04-02 23:58:11
ISC event	637103828
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	3 April 2024
Local time	07:58:11
Magnitude	ML 7.2; Mw 7.4; MJMA 7.7
Depth	40 km (25 mi)
Epicenter	23°49′08″N 121°33′43″E / 23.819°N 121.562°E; near Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan
Type	Reverse
Areas affected	Taiwan; southeastern China; Okinawa Prefecture, Japan;
Total damage	US$2.53 million
Max. intensity	CWA 6+; MMI VIII (Severe)
Tsunami	1 m (3.3 ft)
Landslides	Yes
Aftershocks	1,493 (As of 1 June 2024), including Mw 6.4, Mw 6.1
Casualties	18 dead; 1,147 injured; 442 stranded or trapped; 2 missing;

On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a M_w 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi)^[4] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake,^[5] with three aftershocks above M_w 6.0.

^ 令和６年４月３日08時58分頃の台湾付近の地震について Archived 3 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine 気象庁、2024年4月3日
^ NOAA (1972). "National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database". NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ Wang, Shu-fen; Lee, Hsin-Yin. "2 earthquakes that hit eastern Taiwan early Saturday unrelated: CWA". Central News Agency (CNA). Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "M 7.4 – 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan". Earthquake Hazards Program. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ Lau, Chris; Radford, Antoinette (4 April 2024). "Taiwan earthquake live updates: Hundreds stranded after 7.4 magnitude quake". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[1] 令和６年４月３日08時58分頃の台湾付近の地震について Archived 3 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine 気象庁、2024年4月3日

[NGDC-2] NOAA (1972). "National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database". NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[3] Wang, Shu-fen; Lee, Hsin-Yin. "2 earthquakes that hit eastern Taiwan early Saturday unrelated: CWA". Central News Agency (CNA). Retrieved 2 June 2024.

[4] "M 7.4 – 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan". Earthquake Hazards Program. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[5] Lau, Chris; Radford, Antoinette (4 April 2024). "Taiwan earthquake live updates: Hundreds stranded after 7.4 magnitude quake". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

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