Magnitude 6.4 earthquake topples buildings in Tainan district
Posted on 2025-01-21 07:01:13
Several residential buildings in Tainan's Nanxi District collapsed following this morning's magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Chiayi County.
According to the Tainan Fire Bureau, more than 10 houses in Nanxi District either collapsed and suffered serious damage as a result of the earthquake.
Fire bureau officials say 11 people were rescued from six of the most seriously damaged houses and four of them sustained injuries and have been hospitalized.
Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che visited those who's home suffered serious damage at around 2 o'clock this morning and said that warm clothing and hot meals are be provided and his administration will provide all necessary assistance to those affected by the earthquake.
The earthquake struck at 12:17 and was centered some 38-kilometers southeast of Chiayi County Hall, at a depth of 9-kilometers.
It was felt strongest Chiayi County, where it registered a magnitude 6 on the Central Weather Administration's intensity index.
The quake registered a magnitude 5 on the intensity index in parts of Tainan and Kaohsiung.
Power outages were reported in nearly 7,000 households in Kaohsiung's Namasia District and several other areas - but Tai-Power says electricity was restored to all of the affected households within 30-minutes.
Aftershocks continued overnight and into this morning ranging from between magnitudes 2 and 5.
Meanwhile,
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing says it evacuated its employees from several factories in the center and south following the magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
According to T-S-M-C, evacuations were carried out at its facilities in the Central Taiwan Science Park in Taichung and at the Southern Taiwan Science Park in Tainan as part of its emergency response procedures.
The Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau has reported that machines at major facilities in the park were shut down as a precaution following the quakes.
Employees were evacuated, and no injuries have been reported.
The Central Weather Administration's Seismological Center says that aftershocks of up to magnitude 5 could continue over the coming three days in the Chiayi and Tainan areas.
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