According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau, a strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude occurred at 9:19 p.m. Thursday (10) in the eastern waters off Yilan County, and was felt throughout Taiwan, with some Taiwanese people saying online, “The whole thing shook for 1 minute. Another Hong Kong Observatory has received reports from the public that they felt the earthquake.
According to the report, the epicenter is located off the coast of Yilan, the earthquake depth of 76.8 kilometers, 27.2 kilometers east of the Yilan County Government; Taipei, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu, Taichung City, Hualien and other places have recorded a magnitude 4 tremor. Keelung, Taitung County, Changhua, Chiayi, Kaohsiung and Tainan recorded tremors of magnitude 3.
The Taipei MRT Bureau said in the evening that the MRT is currently adopting a “slow speed patrol track” to avoid derailment accidents caused by track bending, in addition to the earthquake occurred when the drivers of high-speed rail also full brake, stopping about 13 minutes before starting the train slow, and has resumed normal driving. In addition to the Taipei Metro, the Tamsui Light Rail also suspended operations after the earthquake, at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour to the next station, then the implementation of clearing operations.
In addition, some Taiwanese netizens photographed a building collapse at the old State Guest Theater in Hsinchu, and the building’s iron frame and bricks were shaken down by the strong earthquake and crushed vehicles below.
However, after the earthquake, many people who were quarantined at home due to the new crown epidemic said that “whether or not they could escape from their rooms became a life threatening problem” at the moment of the earthquake. The spokesman of the command center of the central epidemic command center, Chuang Renxiang, said that escape is really important, but home quarantine people think that there is a risk of life safety, you can put on a mask to escape from the house, and to the designated place to gather. If you encounter special reasons such as earthquakes, will not go out during home quarantine, and according to the “Infectious Disease Control Act” fine.
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