Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-10
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taipei City Government on Saturday put a map online which shows its
Taipei Vice Mayor Charles Lin.
own building and nearby Taipei 101 are located in areas prone to a high degree of liquefaction during earthquakes.
The perils of soil liquefaction came to the fore after 117 people died when a building in Tainan collapsed during an earthquake last February.
Soil liquefaction occurs when soil is saturated and loses strength and stiffness, often during earthquakes, and behaves like a liquid.
Taipei City decided to launch a study to determine which parts of the capital were most prone to liquefaction, and the results were put online Saturday in the form of a colored map with advice at soil2.taipei. The site also includes a search function where residents can write their address into the map and see what kind of risk level their home faces. [FULL STORY]