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M6 quake hits eastern Taiwan

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Thankfully it appears to have done limited damage. But aftershocks may well be bigger and more dangerous.

Stay safe all in beautiful Taiwan! We are all together with you.

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Hope everyone is ok, looks like a bit of seismic activity going on lately.

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Taiwan is not getting a break this year, problems and threats have been continuous videos make it look like quite jolt this time hopefully nothing bigger will follow.

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Chen Kuo-Chang, head of Taiwan's Seismological Center, said the earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan with the magnitude of 6 must have been caused by fault activities. It's said that the M6 trembler that hit Noto Peninsula on Monday was also caused by a tectonic movement.

If so, then tectonic movement on a large scale must be occurring in wide areas in the western Pacific, that is, all the way from Japan to Taiwan

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If so, then tectonic movement on a large scale must be occurring in wide areas in the western Pacific, that is, all the way from Japan to Taiwan

Expand the scale on the map on the USGS "Latest Earthquakes" web page in the link below. When you do you will see red lines depicting major tectonic plate boundaries. When you do this you will see the plate boundary running from Japan to Taiwan. You will also see dark yellow dots depicting the recent earthquakes in Japan and Taiwan. Hover your mouse over each dot and click on them. Over on the left a box will pop up telling you where the quake was and it's magnitude on the Richter Scale. A link in the box will take you to another page with more detail on that quake in question.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-10.40138,-259.62891&extent=53.38333,-124.62891

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Btw, you can expand the map and scroll it to see every quake everywhere in the world. It's a great resource when you feel your home shake. I live someplace with lots and lots of Earthquakes so the site is bookmarked for quick access.

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