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Catastrophe Report 1
January 1 – March 31, 2002
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Earthquake - Taiwan
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Taiwan |
| Region: |
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Offshore – NE coast of Taiwan;
80km NE of Hua-lien and 100km SE of Taipei |
| Date: |
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March 30, 2002 |
| Event: |
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Earthquake. Richter Magnitude 7.1; depth 33km;
over 300 aftershocks up to Richter Magnitude 4.8 |
| Impact: |
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5 dead; >200 injured; minor structural damage.
Economic and insured loss data not yet available |
| Summary: |
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The quake caused panic and some damage in NE
Taiwan and Taipei County. Five construction workers were killed
when two cranes fell from the 60th floor of the Taipei Financial
Centre, currently under construction. The Taipei rapid transport
system was suspended for several hours for safety checks and
mobile phone networks were down for 30 minutes. Semiconductor
manufacturing and other industries were unaffected. Some buildings
were declared unsafe and their residents evacuated. Landslides
blocked roads in mountainous terrain. Small (~20cm) tsunami
reached Yonaguni – the nearest island chain. The quake
was centred in the geologically complex region known as the
Taiwan Collision Zone, where the Philippine Sea tectonic plate
plunges beneath the Eurasian plate. The region is highly seismic
and experiences – on average – around 5 quakes a
year in excess of Richter Magnitude 5.0. The quake occurred
at the contact between the two plates and therefore differs
from the far more destructive (magnitude 7.7) quake of September
1999 that occurred within the crust of the Eurasian plate. |
| Data sources: |
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National Earthquake Information Centre (http://neic.usgs.gov/)
Earthquake Information Network (www.eqnet.org/index.asp)
Reuters Alert (http://www.alertnet.org/) |
| Additional sources: |
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Seismo-Watch at: http://www.seismo-watch.com/index.html
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