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| A large and damaging earthquake occurred in the northwest region of Taiwan at 17:47 GMT on September 20, 1999 (01:47 AM on September 21 Taiwan Time). Preliminary location is in Nantou County The epicenter was near the small country town of Chichi. (23.87 N, 120.75 E) The shallow earthquake occurred 150 km (90 miles) south southwest of Taipei. Some of the towns that had significant damage and casualties include Chung Liao, Meishan, Taichung, Fongyen, and Dongsu. Casualties, collapsed buildings, and other damage were reported in the densely populated capital city of Taipei. Taiwanese television is reporting 2100 deaths with 8000 people injured. Preliminary magnitude is given by the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) is M7.6. This earthquake is more powerful than the event that killed more than 14,000 people in Turkey last month. The power has generally been restored across the country but there are still daily scheduled blackouts to save power. Geologists from the National Central univesrsity have been in the field and report scarps with vertical offsets of 2 to 3 meters along a 60 km north-south stretch of the Chelongpu fault. At several locations in the northern part of the faulted region there are estimated displacements of 8 meters. |
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