1910 Taiwan earthquake

Natural disaster affecting Taiwan 1910-04-12 00:22:24 16958079 iscgem16958079 1910 04 12 08:22:13 8.1 w y 235.0 km East China Sea 25.967 124.304 inline, title 5 (Strong) 60 dead or injured On April 12, 1910, an earthquake struck with an epicenter off the northern coast of Taiwan. The earthquake measuring w y 8.1 had a hypocenter depth of 235.0 km.ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904–2018) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2022 International Seismological Centre Version 9.1 In Taipei and Hsinchu, 13 homes totally collapsed, two partially collapsed, and an additional 57 were damaged.Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/2901 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set At least 204 homes were destroyed or damaged in Keelung, Shenkeng and Taoyuan. Sixty people died or were injured. Shaking was felt across Taiwan and the Penghu Islands; strong shaking was felt in the northern half of the island. The intermediate-depth of the earthquake suggest it originated from within the subducting Philippine Sea Plate which undergoes subduction.Kanamori Hiroo Hiroo Kanamori Lee William H. K. William H. K. Lee Ma Kuo-Fong 2012 The 1909 Taipei earthquake—implication for seismic hazard in Taipei Geophysical Journal International 191 1 126–146 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05589.x 2012GeoJI.191..126K free See also List of earthquakes in 1910 List of earthquakes in Taiwan References Category:1910 earthquakes Category:April 1910 in Asia Category:Earthquakes in Taiwan Category:1910 in Taiwan Category:1910 in Japan Category:Earthquakes in Japan