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Are you misremembering the 6.4 from 2018 in Hualien? There were no 7+ magnitude quakes in recent years. [1] The closest is 2016 at 7.1 which took out some un
by bhrgunatha 4y ago
Are you misremembering the 6.4 from 2018 in Hualien?
There were no 7+ magnitude quakes in recent years. [1]
The closest is 2016 at 7.1 which took out some undersea internet cables the caused a reduction in spam worldwide of 50%. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_earthquakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_earthquakes
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hengchun_earthquakes
- graderjs 4y agoNo there was definitely a 7 a few years back, I didn't say it was in Hualien. Do I really need to check this, for your convincing, can't you just believe me? alright I checked: this is weird, but can't remember this one being a 6. Anyway, it was 7 on the Taiwan intensity scale. Maybe that's where I got it from? https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/details/EE2019041813010763031 https://scweb.cwb.gov.tw/en-us/earthquake/details/EE20190418... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hualien_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hualien_earthquake f off downvoters
- Taniwha 4y agoRemember that Taiwan and the USGS report on different scales