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)
• 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
  • Report #61: Street front building with arcade at the first floor (pre-1970’s construction) – Taiwan
    
  • Report #62: Street front building with arcade at the first floor (contemporary construction) – Taiwan
    
  • Report #63: Highrise reinforced concrete buildings with open space at the ground floor – Taiwan
• Information on Previous Earthquakes in Taiwan
  • M6.9 September 18, 2022 Earthquake Resource Page
  • M6.4 February 5, 2016 Southern Taiwan Earthquake Virtual Clearinghouse