June 2013 Nantou Earthquake
The 2013 Nantou earthquake struck central Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.2 on 2 June at 1:43 p.m. local time. The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake, close to the epicentre of another large earthquake a little over two months earlier. News reports indicate that five people were killed; three in Nantou County and two in neighbouring Chiayi County. The earthquake could be felt in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, China.
See also
References
- ^ "Death toll from quake reaches four: officials", Taipei Times, 4 June 2013, retrieved 4 June 2013
- ^ "中央災害應變中心 - 災害應變專區". nfa.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "地震落石砸傷 女子不治". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ 地震報告 (in Chinese). 2 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
Further reading
- Liao, Yi-Wun; Zhao, Li; Ma, Kuo-Fong; Lin, Yen-Yu; Hsieh, Ming-Che (2020), "Two Earthquake Sequences Nearly a Century Apart Reveal a Conjugate Seismogenic System in Central Taiwan", Seismological Research Letters, 91 (3): 1469–1481, doi:10.1785/0220190335, S2CID 216443753
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