1972 Ruisui earthquake

Earthquake in Taiwan 1972 Ruisui earthquake 1972-04-24 09:57:21 774714 iscgem774714 1972 04 24 17:57:21 Taiwan 7.2 s y 15 km 23.5 N 121.4 E Taiwan 5 dead The 1972 Ruisui earthquake (also known as the 1972 Juisui earthquake) occurred on April 24 at 17:57 local time 09:57 UTC. The magnitude of this earthquake was given as s y 7.2https://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1999/eq_990920/setting.html Tectonic Summary Magnitude 7.6 TAIWAN 1999 September 20 17:47:18 UTC 2010-12-29 United States Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program https://web.archive.org/web/20100118162517/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/1999/eq_990920/setting.html 2010-01-18 dead by the United States Geological Survey and l y 6.9 by the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan.http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6/education/encyclopedia/eq100-all.pdf 地震百問 Chinese 2010-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20101225162421/http://cwb.gov.tw/V6/education/encyclopedia/eq100-all.pdf 2010-12-25 dead The epicenter was located near Ruisui Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. The intensity was shindo 4 in Taipei and Hualien.http://ir.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/ir/retrieve/20542/ntnulib_ja_B0001_0009_063.pdf 台灣的地震與防災教育 Chinese 2010-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316143053/http://ir.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/ir/retrieve/20542/ntnulib_ja_B0001_0009_063.pdf 2012-03-16 dead Five people were reported dead. The Ruisui Bridge (no 瑞穗大橋) was destroyed.http://eng6.swcb.gov.tw/wuhe/manager/down/file/%E7%91%9E%E7%A9%97%E9%84%89%E5%BF%97%20%20%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%8B%E8%A8%98.pdf 瑞 穗 鄉 志 大 事 記 Chinese 2010-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20110815172141/http://eng6.swcb.gov.tw/wuhe/manager/down/file/%E7%91%9E%E7%A9%97%E9%84%89%E5%BF%97%20%20%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%8B%E8%A8%98.pdf 2011-08-15 dead The water treatment plant in Ruisui was damaged. This earthquake was caused by the Ruisui Fault with a vertical movement of 70 cm us.http://gisapsrv01.cpami.gov.tw/CPIS/cprpts/hualien/total/tab-img/tab1-3.htm 表1-3：花蓮縣地震斷層概況 Chinese 2010-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20110817063635/http://gisapsrv01.cpami.gov.tw/CPIS/cprpts/hualien/total/tab-img/tab1-3.htm 2011-08-17 dead http://cgsweb.moeacgs.gov.tw/Result/921/5.%E6%9D%8E%E5%85%83%E5%B8%8C.pdf Chinese https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194513/http://cgsweb.moeacgs.gov.tw/Result/921/5.%E6%9D%8E%E5%85%83%E5%B8%8C.pdf 2016-03-03 台灣活動斷層調查的回顧與展望 Review and Prospect of Active Fault Investigation in Taiwan The Juisui Fault is a segment of the 150 km us long Longitudinal Valley Fault, which is a left-lateral fault with a reverse component.http://twgeoref.moeacgs.gov.tw/storage/2008%5C20080070/eab.pdfAugust 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes The boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine Plate lies along the Longitudinal Valley Fault.Structure and evolution of the active fold-and-thrust belt of southwestern Taiwan from Global Positioning System analysis Special Paper 358: Geology and geophysics of an arc-continent collision, Taiwan 358 75 2002 Hickman John B Wiltschko David V Hung Jih-Hao Fang Peng Bock Yehuda 978-0-8137-2358-7 10.1130/0-8137-2358-2.75 See also Huatung Valley (or Longitudinal Valley) List of earthquakes in 1972 List of earthquakes in Taiwan References External links 774714 Ruisui Earthquake, 1972 Ruisui Earthquake, 1972 Category:Earthquakes in Taiwan Category:Strike-slip earthquakes