More than 190 aftershocks follow strong Taiwan Earthquake
Pastor Dale Morgan
More than 190 aftershocks follow strong Taiwan Earthquake*
Central News Agency
2009-11-06 11:12 AM
Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) More than 190 aftershocks had been recorded as of
early Friday since an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit
central Taiwan a day earlier, seismologists said that day.
Fourteen of the aftershocks reached magnitude 3 or stronger, but most of
the others were undetectable to humans, according to Kuo Kai-wen,
director of the Seismological Center under the Central Weather Bureau.
More aftershocks, some of which might reach magnitude 5, are expected to
follow in the coming two weeks, Kuo went on. He urged the public not to
panic over the situation, which he described as a natural release of energy.
The earthquake, which had its epicenter in Mingchien township, Nantou
County at a depth of 19.3 k.m., was the strongest tremor in terms of
intensity to hit Taiwan since the devastating magnitude-7.3 earthquake
of Sept. 21, 1999.
No major damage was reported. Meanwhile that day, a magnitude-4.4
earthquake struck at 3: 25 a.m. in the eastern county of Hualien,
seismologists said.
The quake, which was centered 2.4 km northwest of Hualien City at a
depth of 6.5 km, was unrelated to the ones in Nantou, they said.