Over 80 tremors felt in just 6 hours, series of earthquakes hit Taiwan; Damages several buildings | Watch Video

More than 80 earthquakes hit Taiwan's east coast in the past 24 hours that also shok buildings in the capital Taipei. Earthquake. It is being told that the epicenter of the earthquake was in the rural eastern county of Hualien. An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude occurred on April 3, in which about 14 people died. Since this powerful earthquake, hundreds of earthquakes have occurred in Taiwan.

Quakes hit Taiwan's Hualien at night

Hualien's fire department said that a hotel was badly damaged after the earthquake on April 3, and it has tilted further after the earthquake that occurred last night. However, the department also informed that at present the hotel was not being operated in that building.

Another building that collapsed this morning was the Tongshuai Building which was already set for demolition, so no one was inside. The Fukai Hotel was also empty and had ceased operations, so there were not fatalities. #taiwan #hualien #earthquake #aftershock pic.twitter.com/sTRcNQyiV6

— Foreigners in Taiwan 🇹🇼 外國人在台灣 (@foreignersinTW) April 23, 2024

There were no reports of casualties 

The world's largest contact chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, whose factories are on the island's western coast, said some staff at a small number of factories were evacuated, but facility and safety systems were functioning normally and all personnel were safe. 

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#BREAKING Taiwan hit by numerous quakes, strongest reaching 6.3 magnitude
Too many tremors and jolts on a single day in #Taipei #WWERaw #Taiwan #Earthquake #Taiwanese #TaiwanEarthquake #earthquake pic.twitter.com/8cmzU2LIxY

— ѕυиιℓ ραи∂ιт (@sunil112255) April 23, 2024

Moments during a very strong 6.6 earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan this morning. There have been dozens of earthquakes ranging from 4 up to magnitude 6 today. pic.twitter.com/KNqHUihmiY

— kingknights (@kingsman868) April 23, 2024

#Taiwan #Hualien, Dashshibi Hill M.6.1 Earthquake 22.04.2024, 02:26 local time
source: https://t.co/72KyP8joL3 pic.twitter.com/TbYUe7DtMR

— Rita Bauer (@wischweg) April 22, 2024

Taiwan is on two tectonic plates

Taiwan is a country situated at the junction of two tectonic plates, which is considered sensitive to earthquakes. In 2016, more than 100 people were killed in an earthquake in Southern Taiwan in 2016. Earlier in 1999, more than 2,000 people were killed in an earthquake of 7.3 magnitude.

20,000 earthquakes every year

Earthquakes occur many times in the world, but the intensity of quakes is less. The National Earthquake Information Center records about 20,000 earthquakes every year. Out of these, 100 earthquakes are such which cause more damage. The longest lasting earthquake in history occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004. This earthquake lasted for 10 minutes.