1972 Ruisui earthquake

Also recorded as the Juisui earthquake, it struck at 17:57 local time on 24 April 1972, with the epicentre near Ruisui Township in Hualien County. Shaking reached shindo 4 in both Taipei and Hualien. The magnitude was given as Ms 7.2 by the United States Geological Survey and ML 6.9 by the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan.

Origin time (UTC)

1972-04-24T09:57

Magnitude

7

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

23

Deaths, as sources state them

5

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem774714

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hualien, ruisui, magnitude dispute

Coordinates: 23.575, 121.562

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

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