Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/02
By: Wang Shu-fen, Huang Kuo-chung and Ko Lin
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Taiwan’s high-speed railway line resumed normal operations Monday
CNA file photo
evening after service between Chiayi and Tainan was suspended for nearly two hours because of earthquakes that shook southern Taiwan.
Service was suspended to ensure passenger safety, and technicians were dispatched to conduct inspections at Chiayi Station and tracks in surrounding areas closest to the earthquakes’ epicenter, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) said in a statement.
According to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB), two earthquakes registering magnitudes of 4.6 and 4.5, struck simultaneously within a kilometer of each other off the coast of Chiayi in southern Taiwan at 3:26 p.m. Monday.
The epicenter of the magnitude 4.6 earthquake was located at sea about 19.8 kilometers east of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 12.1 km, while the other temblor was located about 20.2 km east of the county hall at a depth of 8.9 km. [FULL STORY]