The Chi-Chi earthquake (later also known as the Jiji earthquake or the great earthquake of September 21), was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred...
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and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, with three aftershocks above Mw...
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Chelungpu Fault (section 1999 Jiji earthquake)
Chēlóngbù Duàncéng) is an active fault located in Taiwan. It caused the 1999 Jiji earthquake. The Chelungpu fault is a North–South-trending fault in Miaoli County...
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Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden...
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number of major earthquakes, including the 1906 Meishan earthquake and the 1999 Jiji earthquake. Inside Taiwan the Central Weather Bureau is the organisation...
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in Taiwan Jiji railway station, a railway station serving Jiji Jiji Line, a railway line serving Jiji Jiji Press, a Japanese news agency Jiji.ng, a Nigerian...
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Surface rupture (redirect from Surface rupture earthquake)
faulting - 80 km (50 mi), 1999 İzmit earthquake M7.6 in Turkey, strike-slip faulting - 150 km (93 mi), 1999 Jiji earthquake M7.6 in Taiwan, thrust faulting...
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Sixty-eight aftershocks have occurred. The earthquake was the deadliest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake. Taiwan is located on the Ring of Fire...
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museum is dedicated to the 7.3 earthquake that struck the center of Taiwan at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999. The museum is located on the...
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1999 Jiji earthquake in Taiwan, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in Indonesia, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in...
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