Hualien City, Taiwan
April 3, 2024, M7.4 Earthquake
Photo Credit: Shufu Liu, Office of the President, Taiwan (CC BY 2.0)
Earthquake Information
- USGS Event Page
- 0403 Hualien Earthquake 1st Impacts Assessment at Central Emergency Operation Center – National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
- 0403 Hualien Earthquake 4th Impacts Assessment at Central Emergency Operation Center – National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR)
Reports & Resources
- M7.4 Taiwan Earthquake of April 2024: Response and Functional Recovery Webinar Recording (EERI LFE)
- Quick Quake Briefing: M7.4 Taiwan Earthquake of April 2024 Webinar Recording (EERI Northern California Chapter)
- EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Report: ML 7.2 Earthquake of April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan – Prepared by the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) & the Mexican Society of Earthquake Engineering (SMIS)
- Summary Report of Hualien Earthquake in Taiwan on April 3, 2024 (first edition, v1.0, April 5, 2024), Chung-Che Chou, Chiun-Lin Wu, Juin-Fu Chai, George C. Yao – National Center for Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), TaiwanTaiwan on April 3, 2024 (first edition, v1.0, April 5, 2024), Chung-Che Chou, Chiun-Lin Wu, Juin-Fu Chai, George C. Yao – National Center for Earthquake Engineering (NCREE), Taiwan
Media Coverage
- Taiwan earthquake live updates: buildings collapse after strongest quake in 25 years; tsunami warning in Japan (The Guardian)
- Buildings damaged, tsunami warning issued after Taiwan hit by magnitude 7.4 earthquake (Washington Post)
- 7.4-magnitude quake strikes off Taiwan’s east coast, sparking tsunami warnings (CNN)
Resources
- World Housing Encyclopedia Resources
- Information on Previous Earthquakes in Taiwan