1941 Chungpu earthquake

Earthquake in Taiwan 1941 Chungpu earthquake 1941-12-16 19:19:43 901124 iscgem901124 1941 12 17 03:19 Taiwan 7.2 w yM 7.2 – Taiwan https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem901124/executive United States Geological Survey 3 April 2024 15 km mi 0 23.29 N 120.41 E inline,title Japanese Taiwan 358 dead733 injured The 1941 Chungpu earthquake (1941年中埔地震 1941 nián Zhōngpǔ Dìzhèn) occurred with a magnitude of 7.2 on December 17, and was centred on the town of Chūho Village, Kagi District, Tainan Prefecture of Taiwan under Japanese rule. It was the fourth-deadliest earthquake of the 20th century in Taiwan, claiming 358 lives. Earthquake The earthquake struck at 03:19 local time on 17 December 1941. At a magnitude of 7.2 and with a focal depth of 15 km mi 0, the quake was felt throughout the island. The epicentre was in Tainan Prefecture in modern-day Zhongpu, Chiayi, just southeast of Chiayi City, and was close to the location of the 1906 Meishan earthquake, which hit in the neighbouring township of Meishan. Damage According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, there were 358 people killed as a result of the quake, with a further 733 people injured. 4,520 dwellings were completely destroyed, and 11,086 were partially destroyed.http://scman.cwb.gov.tw/eqv5/research/21vol/MOTC-CWB-87-E-11.pdf zh: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 The quake also triggered a landslide on Caoling Mountain (草嶺山 Cǎolǐng Shān) which dammed the river and created the temporary Caoling Lake in the valley below.http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/education/encyclopedia/eq020.html What do the effects of the crustal deformation look like in Taiwan? Central Weather Bureau 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110610210616/http://cwb.gov.tw/eng/education/encyclopedia/eq020.html 2011-06-10 dead This lake has formed and drained several times over the last two hundred years in response to earthquakes and typhoons. Damage was sustained to infrastructure, with gas, electricity and transportation networks being seriously disrupted.http://taiwanauj.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=19003&CtNode=122 Taiwan Journal 2009-07-21 The historical impact of earthquake damage on Taiwan society and culture 2016-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160701045727/http://taiwanauj.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=19003&CtNode=122 dead Reaction Taiwan was a Japanese colony at the time of the earthquake. Coming as it did just ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, false rumours abounded that the earthquake was caused by retaliatory United States bombing. See also List of earthquakes in 1941 List of earthquakes in Taiwan References External links 901124 Chungpu Earthquake, 1941 Chungpu Category:Chiayi Category:Chiayi County Category:History of Tainan Category:Earthquakes in Taiwan Category:December 1941 in Asia