1966 Hualien earthquake

1966 Hualien earthquake
Location between Taiwan and Japan
Date March 12, 1966 (1966-03-12) UTC
Magnitude 8.0 Ms
Depth 22 km
Epicenter 24°14′N 122°40′E / 24.24°N 122.67°E / 24.24; 122.67
Type Strike-slip [1]
Areas affected Taiwan and Japan
Tsunami Yes

The 1966 Hualien earthquake occurred on March 13 at 00:31 local time of Taiwan.[2] The epicenter was located in the offshore area between Yonaguni Island, Japan and Hualien, Taiwan.

The intensity in Yonaguni reached shindo 5.[3] 2 people were reported dead in Yonaguni, Japan, and 4 in Taiwan.[4] Building damage was reported. A tsunami with a run-up height of 50 cm (20 in) was observed.[1]

This earthquake released a seismic moment of 4.86×1020 Nm. The magnitude of this earthquake was put at Ms 8.0, Mw7.79,[5] Mjma 7.8, or ML 7.8.[6] This earthquake had a strike-slip faulting focal mechanism.

The fault plane solutions of this earthquake suggested that there is a sliver of crust off the east coast of Taiwan other than the Philippine Sea Plate. The map of shallow earthquakes shows that the Philippines are encircled by a zone of seismicity. There is a difference between the slip direction in the east coast of the Philippines and the relative motion between the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate. Together with other evidences, it has been suggested that most of the Philippines might belong to a minor plate other than the Eurasian Plate.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ma, K.; Lee, M. (1997), "Simulation of historical tsunamis in the Taiwan region" (PDF), Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO), Chinese Geoscience Union, 8 (1): 14, 25, 26
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. ↑ "与那国島周辺の地震". Jishin.go.jp. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  4. ↑ "地震と津波". Jma-net.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  5. ↑ http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/173952/1/32.pdf
  6. ↑ http://2007tga.cgu.org.tw/cdrom/Oral%20(PDF)/O4-3A-04.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/seno/Papers/tecphys1977.phs.pdf
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