March 6, 2013
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EARTHQUAKE!!! 5.6r in Haulien
So I am sitting here in class and suddenly my chair starts rocking back and forth. I think: Class is in session, so it can’t be a kid playing with my chair…. earthquake?!?!? No one else seems alarmed, heck, no one else even seems to feel it.
I calmly walk (the ground does seem to be moving….) to the computer and go to Taiwan’s weather / earthquake / typhoon website…. wait a few minutes… and sure enough…
A pretty big one, fairly shallow….. and…. right in the middle of the island. Most of the Earthquakes I have reported in the past have had their epicenter in the pacific ocean. Today, dead center of the Island. That means there will be some damage to buildings and personal injuries.Keep Taiwan’s Haulien County (& City) in your prayers today. thanks.
For the record — the Earthquake that hit Los Angeles in 1987 and toppled the highway, destroyed the Marina and did billions of dollars in damage …… was only a 5.9. At 5.6… this earthquake is really something to take seriously.
Comments (2)
they probably don’t build earthquake proof structures… sure prayers is best
Hunt
@eshunt@revelife - Well, they do build Earthquake proof structures….. mostly on the West Coast which is highly urban. Taiwan’s east coast (where the Earthquake was) is mostly rural farms and such —- with some buildings as old as 400+ years believe it or not. Kind of doubt that they had an Earthquake structural code back then…. ya know?