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On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [ 4] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [ 5] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
The quake happened around 8 a.m. local time (8 p.m. Tuesday ET) at a depth of about 21 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was about 11 miles south-southwest of Hualien City on the ...
Photos show buildings tilting off-center and damaged roads and homes. Here are photos taken in the aftermath of the earthquake: Damaged houses and road following an earthquake in New Taipei City ...
The Han character "鄭" in a red circle outline on a plain white field. 1890–1895. Flag of the Qing Dynasty. Azure Dragon on a plain yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner. 1895. Flag of the Republic of Formosa. Tiger on a plain blue field with azure clouds below it. 1895–1945.
Of the twenty-two current incumbents, nine are women— Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City and Huang Min-hui in Chiayi City, as well as all seven magistrates for counties in central Taiwan and along the east coast. Yang Wen-ke of Hsinchu County is the oldest official (73 years, 142 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest (42 ...
The Chi-Chi earthquake[ 4][ 5][ 6] (later also known as the Jiji earthquake[ a] or the great earthquake of September 21[ b] ), was a 7.3 M L or 7.7 M w earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time. [ 2] 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$ 300 billion worth of damage ...
Lai Ching-te in Taipei on Aug. 25, 2023. Credit - Wiktor Dabkowski—picture-alliance/dpa/AP. T aiwan President Lai Ching-te sat down with TIME in the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on May ...
Early 2000s. UTC+08:00. National Standard Time. 國家標準時間. Guójiā Biāozhǔn Shíjiān. 2000s. The first time zone standard in Taiwan was enforced on 1 January 1896, [2] the second year of Taiwan under Japanese rule. The standard was called Western Standard Time (西部標準時) with time offset of UTC+08:00, based on 120°E longitude.