Taiwan Earthquake

A heavy earthquake rocked Taiwan today morning with a great force of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale. Taiwan earthquake brought a huge damage in the area; Kaohsiung County is much affected region. Sources have been reporting that enormous communication networks damage is there in the affected area. Still no source has provided the information regarding any life-loss until this noon.

We have been reporting too many earthquakes, we reported Chile quake last time before this one in Taiwan. Kuo Kai-wen, who is the representative of Central Weather Bureau’s Seismology Center, described the reasons of Taiwan quake. Kuo Kai-wen detailed that Taiwan quake was not associated with the monster Chile quake geologically. Chile quake was a magnitude 8.8 quake which killed more than 800 Chileans and destroyed many homes in Chile.

According to the fresh updates, this quake was centered in Kaohsiung with a depth of around 3.1 miles. Kaohsiung is located around 400 kilometers in the south of Taiwan’s capital Taipei. It is observed that a fire broke out and damaged one of the textile factories in Tainan. Subway service and train service were disrupted in Kaohsiung and affected the public life very much. We have reports which revealed that some domestic buildings were also collapsed in the region.

A source reported that a woman was taken to the hospital for medical aid after a wall fell on her motor scooter. Military troops have been helping the people and trying hard to avoid maximum damage in the area. Antonio Basilio, who is the representative of The Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said that no Filipino was died in this quake in Taiwan. Facts and figures tell us that there are about 75,000 Filipinos residing in Taiwan.