1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes

The November shock was one of a series along the East Rift Valley recorded through 1951. An earlier earthquake in the same series struck at 05:34 on 22 October, with an epicentre a few kilometres southwest of Hualien City, and was felt across Taiwan as well as on Penghu and Kinmen.

Origin time (UTC)

1951-11-24T18:47

Magnitude

7.34

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

25

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgemsup894987

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: east rift valley, hualien, earthquake sequence

Coordinates: 23.046, 121.249

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in Taiwan since 1900

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