2024 Hualien earthquake

The earthquake struck about 25 kilometres off the coast of Hualien County in the morning of 3 April 2024 local time. The Central Weather Administration recorded its strongest shaking, intensity 6- on the CWA scale, in Hualien City. Rescue workers were sent to the semi-collapsed ten-storey Uranus Building on Xuanyuan Road. As of 10 April there were 15 fatalities, all in Hualien County, and 1,155 reported injuries.

Origin time (UTC)

2024-04-02T23:58

Magnitude

7.4

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

40

Deaths, as sources state them

15

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hualien, offshore, building collapse

Coordinates: 23.8356, 121.5976

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

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