A Look at Taiwan’s Strongest Earthquakes

The magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday was the strongest in 25 years, the island’s Central Weather Administration stated.

Here’s a glance again at a number of the main earthquakes in trendy Taiwanese historical past:

• In September 1999, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan killed almost 2,500 folks, the United States Geological Survey stated. It was the second-deadliest within the island’s historical past, in line with the usG.S. and Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. More than 10,000 folks have been injured and greater than 100,000 houses have been destroyed or broken.

• Taiwan’s deadliest quake registered a magnitude of seven.1 and struck close to the island’s west coast in April 1935, killing greater than 3,200 folks, the Central Weather Administration stated. More than 12,000 others have been injured and greater than 50,000 houses have been destroyed or broken.

• A magnitude 7.3 earthquake in December 1941, which struck southwestern Taiwan, precipitated a number of hundred deaths, the usG.S. stated.

• A 6.4 magnitude earthquake in February 2016 precipitated a 17-story condo advanced in southwestern Taiwan to break down, killing a minimum of 114 folks. The U.S.G.S. later stated that 90 earthquakes of that scale or larger had occurred inside 250 kilometers, or 155 miles, of that quake’s location over the earlier 100 years.