Zhushan in Nantou County hit by at least 11 tremors Saturday
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/11
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake Saturday evening was the worst
Image courtesy of the Central Weather Bureau.
of 11 tremors which struck Central Taiwan near the township of Zhushan (竹山) in Nantou County during the day.
No casualties or major damage was immediately reported.
The quake struck at 20:22 p.m. 17.2 kilometers under the surface, and was felt almost across the whole of the island, the Central Weather Bureau said.
In Caoling (草嶺) in Yunlin County, the tremors reached an intensity of 5 on Taiwan’s seven-point scale, the same as during a magnitude-4.4 quake about an hour earlier.
Zhushan was first hit by a tremor during the early hours of the morning Saturday, followed by two others, but seismic activity did not pick up again until after 7 p.m., when nine more quakes struck in a range of magnitude between 3.3 and 5.1 [FULL STORY]
