1941 Chungpu earthquake
UTC time | 1941-12-16 19:19:43 |
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ISC event | 901124 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | December 17, 1941 |
Local time | 03:19 |
Magnitude | 7.2 Mw[1] |
Depth | 15 kilometres (9 mi) |
Epicenter | 23°17′N 120°25′E / 23.29°N 120.41°E |
Areas affected | Japanese Taiwan |
Casualties | 358 dead 733 injured |
The 1941 Chungpu earthquake (Chinese: 1941
Earthquake
[edit]The earthquake struck at 03:19 local time on 17 December 1941. At a magnitude of 7.2 and with a focal depth of 15 kilometres (9 mi), the quake was felt throughout the island. The epicentre was in Tainan Prefecture in modern-day Zhongpu, Chiayi, just southeast of Chiayi City, and was close to the location of the 1906 Meishan earthquake, which hit in the neighbouring township of Meishan.
Damage
[edit]According to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau, there were 358 people killed as a result of the quake, with a further 733 people injured. 4,520 dwellings were completely destroyed, and 11,086 were partially destroyed.[2] The quake also triggered a landslide on Caoling Mountain (Chinese:
Reaction
[edit]Taiwan was a Japanese colony at the time of the earthquake. Coming as it did just ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, false rumours abounded that the earthquake was caused by retaliatory United States bombing.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "M 7.2 - Taiwan". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^
中央 氣象 局 . "Preface".台灣 地區 十 大 災害 地震 圖 集 (A Collection of Images of Ten Great Earthquake Disasters in the Taiwan Region) (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2009-08-08. - ^ "What do the effects of the crustal deformation look like in Taiwan?". Central Weather Bureau. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ a b "The historical impact of earthquake damage on Taiwan society and culture". Taiwan Journal. Retrieved 2009-07-21.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.