1906 Meishan earthquake

Earthquake affecting Taiwan 1906 Meishan earthquake March 17, 1906 06:43 iscgem16957889 16957889 1906-03-16 10:43 1906 Meishan Earthquake - Meishan 1.jpg Meishan-quake-map.png 6.8 s y Utsu 6 km 23.55 N 120.45 E inline,title Japanese Taiwan IX 1,258–1,266 dead 2,385– 2,476 injured The 1906 Meishan earthquake (1906年梅山地震 1906 nián Měishān Dìzhèn) was centered on Moe'akhe (梅仔坑 Môe-á-kheⁿ), Kagi-cho, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Meishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan) and occurred on March 17. Referred to at the time as the Great Kagi earthquake (嘉義大地震 Jiāyì Dà Dìzhèn), it is the third-deadliest earthquake in Taiwan's recorded history, claiming around 1,260 lives. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Earthquake The earthquake struck at 06:43 local time on 17 March 1906, at a focal depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). The event created the Meishan fault, a fault with a length of 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) stretching through modern-day Chiayi County.zh:1906年梅山地震 http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/10eq/1906/1906main_new.htm Central Weather Bureau 2009-07-20 Chinese https://web.archive.org/web/20090812060619/http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/10eq/1906/1906main_new.htm 2009-08-12 dead Aftershocks continued throughout the day, hampering rescue efforts.History.com http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=375 Earthquakes kill more than 1,200 in Taiwan 2009-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501030807/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=375 2009-05-01 dead Damage Reports vary slightly, but according to the official Central Weather Bureau summary, the casualties and damage were as follows:http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/research/33vol/MOTC-CWB-91-E-15.pdf Establishment of Disaster Earthquake Catalog on GIS Central Weather Bureau 2009-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826205539/http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/research/33vol/MOTC-CWB-91-E-15.pdf 2011-08-26 dead Deaths: 1,258 Injuries: 2,385 Houses destroyed: 6,769 Houses damaged: 14,218 thumb|left|Damage at a Japanese colonial office Fusakichi Omori, a pioneering seismologist from Japan who arrived shortly after the earthquake believed that the high number of casualties was due to the construction of the local houses. Loosely cemented with mud, the combination of sun-dried mud brick walls and heavy roofing beams was thought to be responsible for many dwellings collapsing, killing or injuring the inhabitants.Preliminary Note of the Formosa Earthquake of March 17, 1906 Omori F. 701979583 1907 The University of Tokyo 2261/15981 He also found evidence of soil liquefaction, and stated that the town of Bishō (Meishan) had been completely destroyed by the quake. Omori's figures give slightly different casualty rates, and very different statistics for building damage: Deaths: 1,266 Injuries: 2,476 Houses destroyed: 7,284 Houses damaged: 30,021 Reaction The veteran missionary William Campbell wrote: I was there soon after, and had a profound feeling of sadness on seeing whole streets covered with fallen beams and other debris; on seeing, too, so many traces of the awful suffering on every side. Within Ka-gi city, and a limited area around, 1,216 persons were suddenly thrust out into the eternal world. Not fewer than 2,306 persons were seriously injured, and 13,259 houses laid low. The great mysterious Power then tore the earth into deep, open chasms in several places.82 Sketches from Formosa Campbell William 1915 https://archive.org/details/sketchesfromtaiw00camprich 7051071M The Japanese colonial authorities in Taihoku (Taipei) sent teams of medical personnel to assist, and Campbell reported that shortly after the earthquake reconstruction efforts were well advanced.Campbell 1915 83 At the time some writers suggested a link between the Meishan quake and the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which occurred a month later,Morris Charles Charles Morris (American writer) The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire https://books.google.com/books?id=f_HQgNaN6M8C&pg=PA137 2007 BiblioBazaar 978-1-4264-0154-1 137 while some religious groups linked it not only with the San Francisco disaster, but also an earlier earthquake in Cambria, Italy and other natural disasters as a sign of the end-times.Gruss Edmond C. Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes, and Prophetic Speculation : what Does the Record Show? https://books.google.com/books?id=kSZL8BWc9KcC&pg=PA131 2001 Xulon Press 978-1-931232-30-2 131 See also List of earthquakes in 1906 List of earthquakes in Taiwan 2016 southern Taiwan earthquake 2025 Tainan–Chiayi earthquake References PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200313112456/ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/web/data/pager/catalogs/ dead 2020-03-13 September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links 16957889 Meishan Earthquake, 1906 Meishan Category:March 1906 in Asia Category:Chiayi County Category:Earthquakes in Taiwan