6.1 in nantou - Formosahut forum

didn't feel anything here, but anything over 6 is a big quake. must really put the fear of god into people living there knowing what that region is capable of. have you heard any reports of damage or casualties?

This report claims 20 were injured: http://is.gd/w1rC86

My usual cutoff for a major quake in Taiwan is 6.5. (OK, 6.3 is getting there.) I've noticed anything under that may cause some structural damage, but not much because they're so frequent that a 6.0 would have taken anything down years ago, whereas a 6.5+ is much less common. Granted, in California if a 6.0 hits it's international news for a month and it probably would cause substantial damage. Likewise, if a 6.0 hits anywhere else in the world not often hit by such quakes, it would cause substantial damage. But here we eat them for breakfast so it's no big deal.

Why do I like earthquakes so much? That's sick given that one of the top five worst ways of dying, on my list anyway, is being buried alive in rubble.

It made international news. Apparently one person died. I guess for that person it wasn't a small one.

http://is.gd/GriZpi

I heard 1 dead and 19 injured. Apparently you could feel it in Taipei.

I found this interesting. Found at http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/03/28/374427/Latest-eart...

Taiwan has 33 active faults and four suspected faults that have not been documented, Kuo said.

Known faults in northern Taiwan include the Jinshan and Shanjiao faults, while noted faults in central Taiwan include the Dunzejiao and Chelungpu faults, Kuo said.

Both the Chelungpu Fault and the Meishan Fault in southwestern Taiwan are 100 km long, Kuo said.

A 100-km-long fault can cause earthquakes exceeding magnitude 7, Kuo said.

「The longer the fault, the stronger the earthquake,」 Kuo said, adding that the length of the blind fault in Jenai may also span 100 km.

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