Ein starkes Erdbeben erschüttert Taiwan, lässt Gebäude einstürzen und löst einen Tsunami aus

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242411378/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami

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  1. [BBC reporting](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68719996): “The earthquake is close to land and it’s shallow. It’s felt all over Taiwan and offshore islands… It’s the strongest in 25 years,” said Wu Chien Fu, the director of Taipei’s Seismology Centre.

    In September 1999, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan, killing 2,400 people and destroying 5,000 buildings.

    For reference, today’s earthquake is initially reported to be between 7.2 and 7.5.

  2. China use powerful earthquake machine to free Taiwan! 

  3. TAIPEI, Taiwan — A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.

    Television showed buildings in the eastern city of Hualien shaken off their foundations. Islandwide train service was suspended, as was subway service in Taipei. The quake struck at 7:58 a.m. on the other side of the island from the capital, but was strong enough to knock items off shelves in the city.

    Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2 while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.5. The depth was about 35 kilometers (21 miles).

    The Japan Meteorological Agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa. A wave of 30 centimeters (about 1 feet) was detected on the coast of Yonaguni island about 15 minutes after the quake struck. JAMA said waves likely also hit the coasts of Miyako and Yaeyama islands.

  5. How bad is this? Three meters isn’t exactly the smallest tsunami.

  7. Kind of stupid to be seeing news sites interviewing TSMC and UMC about their operations. Dozens of buildings collapsed and no one cares about the people but oh semiconductors are so much more important.

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