China news agency, Taipei, February 7 (Reporter Huang Shaohua and Xiao Kai Lin) Taiwan's Hualien offshore at 6:50 on the 6th occurred magnitude 6.0 earthquake. There are currently many buildings in Hualien City that have been hitched by a magnitude of seven and have collapsed or tilted, killing two people and injuring more than 200 people, leaving dozens of people trapped. No mainland tourists have been casualties of the message.
Hualien City, the collapse or tilt of the building for the command of the hotel, Guo Shing Street on the 2nd, No. 41, Guo Shing Street and Shang School Street, No. 2, where the official hot pot restaurant Cloud Gate Green Building.
Following the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the evening of February 4, an earthquake struck again in Hualien, Taiwan, at 23:50 on the evening of 6 February. According to the observation by the Taiwan Meteorological Bureau, the scale of the earthquake reached 6.0 on the Richter scale (China Earthquake was officially determined to be 6.5). The epicenter was located at 121.69 degrees east longitude and 24.14 degrees north latitude, that is, off the coast of Hualien County with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. Visual China
The media quoted officials as saying that the military hospital Hualien tilt, referring to the clinic, no one at night.
The two deceased were a 60-year-old woman from the Grand Duke's Restaurant and a 66-year-old man who was hospitalized from a private residence.
Earthquake, the commander in chief of a male employee stranded underground, cell phone for help, about 4 hours after being rescued, without injury.
After the earthquake, many local people and tourists entered the shelters set up by the Hualien County government overnight in the gymnasium.
As a result, the magnitude of the sub-earthquake was so high that the Taiwan Seismological Surveillance Agency classified nearly 100 significant earthquake-hit earthquakes and small-area earthquakes that took place in two days, including the Richter 5.8 earthquake, as foreshocks. Since the early hours of the 7th, there have been many aftershocks in the area.
According to many media reports in Taiwan, earthquake experts said the earthquake was the worst in Hualien since 1972. The phenomenon of such an intensive foreshock occurring before the main shock is also very rare.
Hualien stopped classes on the 7th; due to the earthquake caused 40,000 water stops, 645 power outages.
Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of the Taiwan authorities, and Lai Ching Tak, head of the executive authorities, have demanded that all efforts be made to provide disaster relief. Many military and Taiwan rescue teams have rushed to the earthquake disaster site.
Author: Huang Shaohua Xiao Kailin