1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes

Earthquakes in Taiwan 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes Taiwan yes 1951-10-21 21:34:21 1951-10-22 03:29:35 1951-11-24 18:47:18 1951-11-24 18:50:24 894821 894824 894987 894988 iscgem894821 iscgem894824 iscgemsup894987 iscgem894988 October 22, 1951 toDecember 5, 1951 7.3 S y, 7.5 w yOB 894821 7.1 S, 7.2 wOB 894824 7.1 S, 7.3 wOB 894987 7.3 S, 7.8 wOB 894988 23.9 N 121.7 E Taiwan minor 85 dead The 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes (1951年縱谷地震系列 1951 nián Zònggǔ dìzhèn xìliè) were a series of earthquakes which struck eastern Taiwan from 22 October 1951 to 5 December 1951, four of which registered at 7 or greater on the moment magnitude scale, the largest of those being magnitude 7.3 and 7.8 quakes on November 24. Altogether the quakes killed 85 people. Technical data The East Rift Valley (花東縱谷 Huā-Dōng Zònggǔ) is an area of rugged terrain formed by the interaction of the Philippine Sea and Eurasian tectonic plates in eastern Taiwan.http://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=02000026 East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration Geology and Topography 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523084217/http://www.erv-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?Lang=2&SNo=02000026 2011-05-23 dead Most of the area is sparsely populated by Taiwanese aborigines, but there are larger populations in the cities of Hualien and Taitung. The deadliest earthquake in the series struck at 05:34 on 22 October 1951, with an epicentre at 23.9°N 121.7°E, a few kilometres southwest of Hualien City, with a magnitude of 7.3, and was felt throughout Taiwan as well as on Penghu and Kinmen (Quemoy). The second quake to cause significant casualties hit at 02:50 on November 25 of the same year, again with a magnitude of 7.3, this time centred under the town of Yuli, Hualien.http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/research/21vol/MOTC-CWB-87-E-11.pdf 台灣地區十大災害地震圖集 (A Collection of Images of Ten Great Earthquake Disasters in the Taiwan Region) Chinese Preface Central Weather Bureau 中央氣象局 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826205454/http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/research/21vol/MOTC-CWB-87-E-11.pdf 2011-08-26 dead 2009-08-08 Earthquakes Date (YYYY-MM-DD) Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth Magnitude Source 1951-10-21 21:34:21 23.487° N 121.400° E 25 km mi 0 on 7.5 (w) Taiwan 1951 iscgem894821 M 7.5 – Taiwan 2024-04-03 cs1 1951-10-22 03:29:35 23.917° N 121.343° E 25 km mi 0 on 7.2 (w) Taiwan 1951 iscgem894824 M 7.2 – Taiwan 2024-04-03 cs1 1951-11-24 18:47:18 23.046° N 121.249° E 25 km mi 0 on 7.3 (w) Taiwan 1951 iscgemsup894987 M 7.3 – Taiwan 2024-04-03 cs1 1951-11-24 18:50:24 23.092° N 121.214° E 30 km mi 0 on 7.8 (w) Taiwan 1951 iscgem894988 M 7.8 – Taiwan 2024-04-03 cs1 yes left 1951 East Rift Valley earthquakes.map 23.7 121.6 7 Map of main shock and aftershocks – M 6.0 or greater (map data) Names The earthquake series is sometimes known by different names, including the 1951 Hualien earthquakes (1951年花蓮大地震系列 1951 nián Huālián dà dìzhèn xìliè) and the 1951 Hualien-Taitung earthquakes (1951年花蓮–台東地震系列 1951 nián Huālián-Táidōng dìzhèn xìliè) – both of these refer to the same series of quakes in eastern Taiwan from October to December 1951. Damage The total figures for casualties and damage from Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau are as follows: 85 deaths 200 seriously injured 1,000 lightly injured Around 3,000 dwellings completely destroyed See also Chihshang fault List of earthquakes in 1951 List of earthquakes in Taiwan References External links Photographs of the damage caused 894821 Category:Earthquakes in Taiwan East Rift Valley Earthquakes, 1951 East Rift Valley Earthquakes, 1951 East Rift Valley Category:Earthquake clusters, swarms, and sequences Category:History of Hualien City Category:Earthquakes in Hualien County Category:Taitung County Category:Tsunamis in Taiwan Category:20th century in Hualien County