January 17, 2013

• EARTHQUAKE.... 4.8 and shallow

  Another big one just hit.... while I've been typing out another blog post on Evil.  Lasted nearly 15 seconds and shook the whole building so that our shelving units were shaking back and forth.  Pretty strong.  It's too soon to turn to Taiwan's Central weather website, but I'll have a look-see in a few minutes and drop the information back in here.

  2 minutes later --- no picture to add yet, but the magnitude was 4.8 and the depth was SUPER shallow.... only 5 kilometers!  That's the shallowest earthquake we've had here in Taiwan in all the time I've been here.  Hit just off the shore of the city of Yilan, so I know there's gonna be some serious damage to the buildings in that city.  Might wanna pray for them today.

  Ok, finally, here's the picture data.  The red star is the epicenter --- we're on the other side of the island, nearly directly across from it.  Now the real question is --- was this a precursor to something bigger coming?  I'll keep you updated if anything does indeed happen.

  

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