2010 Kaohsiung earthquake

Earthquake in Taiwan 2010 Kaohsiung earthquakes 2010-03-04 00:18:51 14351162 iscgem14351162 2010 03 04 08:18:51 2010 Kaohsiung earthquake intensity USGS.jpg Taiwan 1 22.92 120.8 Bullseye1.png 40 top 290 right 6.3 w y 5 km mi 0http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm Earthquake report Central Weather Bureau 2010-03-05 2010-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090707095830/http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm 2009-07-07 22.92 N 120.8 E inline,title Southern Taiwan VI 96 injuries The 2010 Kaohsiung earthquake, measuring 6.3 w y, occurred on March 4 at 08:18 a.m. local time. The epicenter was located in the mountainous area of Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City) of the southwestern Taiwan.http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201003040027&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0 甲仙地震 台南多起電梯受困及火警 張榮祥 2010-03-04 CNA 2010-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20131211222146/http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201003040027&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0 2013-12-11 It was the most powerful earthquake in Kaohsiung since 1900.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/05/246938/64-quake.htm 6.4 quake hits southern Taiwan 2010-03-05 The China Post 2010-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100306215738/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/05/246938/64-quake.htm 6 March 2010 The earthquake did not cause any deaths, but 96 people were injured. Tectonic setting Taiwan lies on the boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Philippine Sea plate, which are converging at 80 mm per year. The island is the result of uplift caused by the collision between the northern end of the Luzon Arc and the continental margin of China. Tectonic features of the incipient arc-continent collision zone of Taiwan: Implications for seismicity Lin A.T. Yao B. Hsu S.-K. Liu C.-S. Huang S.-Y. Tectonophysics 2009 479 1–2 28–42 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.004 2009Tectp.479...28L Damage Electricity The earthquake caused the tripping of several power stations in Taiwan, leading to a loss of 1,860 MW of electricity. Some transformers and substations on the electrical grid caused power outage to 545,066 houses on the island. Electricity was fully restored before 11:30 a.m.http://www.taipower.com.tw/e_content/content/events/events01-1.aspx?sid=2 Taiwan power company-Taipower Events Taipower.com.tw 2014-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517160458/http://www.taipower.com.tw/e_content/content/events/events01-1.aspx?sid=2 2014-05-17 Transportation A bridge which connects Kaohsiung and Pingtung was blocked when it sank after the earthquake.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/05/246939/Earthquake-injures.htm Earthquake injures 64; 545,066 homes suffer blackouts 2010-03-05 The China Post 2010-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307193700/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2010/03/05/246939/Earthquake-injures.htm 7 March 2010 Some THSR trains were disrupted,http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/03/taiwan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Taiwan Christine Theodorou Andrew Lee 2010-03-03 CNN 2010-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100305162038/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/03/taiwan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1 5 March 2010 live and one was de-railed while emergency braking.http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0,4521,50104574+132010030401802,00.html 甲仙強震 高鐵首度在營運中出軌 彭群弼 BCC 2010-03-04 2010-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307230854/http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-News/2007Cti-News-Content/0%2C4521%2C50104574%2B132010030401802%2C00.html March 7, 2010 Buildings 340 buildings and several schools were damaged by the quake. A religious building and some old structures collapsed.http://news.sina.com.tw/article/20100307/2860593.html 楊秋興勘災 探內門紫竹寺 Sina 2010-03-07 2010-03-08September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Factories A fire, which cost about 100 million TWD (US$US 3 2010 million in US), occurred at a factory of the Everest Textile Co., Ltd (宏遠興業) in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City),http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/04/2010-03-04_powerful_64magnitude_earthquake_hits_southern_taiwan_no_tsunami_alert_issued.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100307223359/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/03/04/2010-03-04_powerful_64magnitude_earthquake_hits_southern_taiwan_no_tsunami_alert_issued.html 2010-03-07 Powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Taiwan; no tsunami alert issued 2010-03-04 Associated Press Daily News New York 2010-03-04 The quake also caused around 1 billion NTD in losses to several manufacturers in a high-tech industrial park.http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32339600/IssueID/20100305 強震衝擊產業 損失逾11億 Apple Daily 2010-03-04 2010-03-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307033001/http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32339600/IssueID/20100305 7 March 2010 live Aftershocks The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks; the largest had a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale on April 25.http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=234553 高雄甲仙餘震頻傳 最大規模5.7 張嘉芳 2010-03-03 Radio Taiwan International 2010-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171828/http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=234553 2011-07-21 Government response While the government continues to monitor the situation, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense dispatched troops to Jiasian.March 2022 See also List of earthquakes in 2010 List of earthquakes in Taiwan 2016 southern Taiwan earthquake 2025 Tainan–Chiayi earthquake References M6.3 – Taiwan https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000h8nd#executive United States Geological Survey Further reading Chang Heui-Yung Lin Ker-Chun Reconnaissance observations on the buildings damaged by the 2010 Taiwan Kaohsiung earthquake Natural Hazards 69 1 2013 0921-030X 10.1007/s11069-013-0703-1 237–249 Huang Hsin-Hua Wu Yih-Min Lin Ting-Li Chao Wei-An Shyu J. Bruce H. Chan Chung-Han Chang Chien-Hsin The Preliminary Study of the 4 March 2010 Mw 6.3 Jiasian, Taiwan Earthquake Sequence Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 22 3 2011 1017-0839 10.3319/TAO.2010.12.13.01(T) 283 free External links 14351162 Taiwan 2010 Kaohsiung Category:2010 earthquakes Category:2010 in Taiwan Category:21st century in Kaohsiung Category:2010 disasters in Taiwan Category:March 2010 in Asia