Well, it was a 6.3 Richter quake with two deaths from falling rocks. It was in the center of the island, in the mountains near Puli. For the most part, just a good shake where I am.
But Puli did have a previous earthquake in the late 1990s that killed thousands and may have made 100,000 homeless. The experts are considering this an aftershock of that.
I was in San Francisco for the Loma Prieta quake and so I didn't get too excited by this one.
The 921 quake was the biggest disaster in Taiwan in the past 20 years. But we have had mudslides from typhoons that destroyed whole villages in moments.
Kobe was far worse, and obviously Fukushima. I was even on the beaches of Phuket 3 months before the day after Christmas tsunami hit and dumped a pickup truck in the swimming pool of the hotel I was staying at.
It is always something. I heard Saint Helen's erupt on a Sunday morning, even though I was a few hundred miles away.
I am just happy to NOT live where there are tornadoes.
I am just happy to NOT live where there are tornadoes.
Agreed. People often wonder if living in the Northwest bothers us because of earthquakes. My response is that at least earthquakes do not have a "season" like tornadoes and hurricanes do!!!!. I spent a couple of years in KS in the military. We use to have to take cover in ditches as the barracks did not have basements! A tornado will drop down about a foot in a ditch but normally no lower and will then move across. Glad to hear all is well.
Agreed. People often wonder if living in the Northwest bothers us because of earthquakes. My response is that at least earthquakes do not have a "season" like tornadoes and hurricanes do!!!!. I spent a couple of years in KS in the military. We use to have to take cover in ditches as the barracks did not have basements! A tornado will drop down about a foot in a ditch but normally no lower and will then move across. Glad to hear all is well.
I grew up in Nebraska in Tornado alley. One particular evening we counted seven tornados - at once. That farm was decimated by a tornado a few years after we moved away.
I was living in Oakland at the time of the Loma Prieta, but was out of town when it happened. Most of the quakes I experienced there were felt as thumps while on my boat when everything was still. The gently swaying pilings were confirmation that a seismic event had occurred.
Then in 1993 a couple friends and I were deep underground in a cave discussing the ramifications to our future should we experience an earthquake right about then. Less than 24 hours later an 8.1 quake shook the island of Guam for a full minute. I shared a condo with a couple friends that overlooked hotel row. We all dashed out onto the balcony, convinced that we were going to witness the hotels' destructions. The noise was tremendous, we struggled to stay on our feet and the cars were hopping in the parking lot. The new 12 story hotel, the Royal Palm, did sustain damage although we didn't see it until later when we toured the area. This webpage describes the quake pretty well although it must have been written prior to the hotel's demolition because it incorrectly states that only part of the hotel would have to come down. We did have a great view of that when it happened a few months later.
I was in San Francisco for the Loma Prieta quake and so I didn't get too excited by this one ... Kobe was far worse, and obviously Fukushima. I was even on the beaches of Phuket 3 months before the day after Christmas tsunami hit and dumped a pickup truck in the swimming pool of the hotel I was staying at ... It is always something. I heard Saint Helen's erupt on a Sunday morning, even though I was a few hundred miles away.
Loopy, if you're ever tempted to visit New Orleans, drop me a line, willya? I think I might suddenly remember something I need to do FAR AWAY while you're here.
Well two more reported dead from rock falls. As long as you stay i\out of the mountains Taiwan is pretty safe... thought I did have a very near miss with a lightning strike during a typhoon in the first month I was here.
You know the lightning is really close when you are blinded by the flash, all the hair on your arms is standing on end, and you smell ozone. And I was wading through thigh deep water in downtown Kaohsiung at the time.
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But Puli did have a previous earthquake in the late 1990s that killed thousands and may have made 100,000 homeless. The experts are considering this an aftershock of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/921_earthquake
I was in San Francisco for the Loma Prieta quake and so I didn't get too excited by this one.
The 921 quake was the biggest disaster in Taiwan in the past 20 years. But we have had mudslides from typhoons that destroyed whole villages in moments.
Kobe was far worse, and obviously Fukushima. I was even on the beaches of Phuket 3 months before the day after Christmas tsunami hit and dumped a pickup truck in the swimming pool of the hotel I was staying at.
It is always something. I heard Saint Helen's erupt on a Sunday morning, even though I was a few hundred miles away.
I am just happy to NOT live where there are tornadoes.
Heater will be happy now that you guys can still carry on you conversations.
I grew up in Nebraska in Tornado alley. One particular evening we counted seven tornados - at once. That farm was decimated by a tornado a few years after we moved away.
I was living in Oakland at the time of the Loma Prieta, but was out of town when it happened. Most of the quakes I experienced there were felt as thumps while on my boat when everything was still. The gently swaying pilings were confirmation that a seismic event had occurred.
Then in 1993 a couple friends and I were deep underground in a cave discussing the ramifications to our future should we experience an earthquake right about then. Less than 24 hours later an 8.1 quake shook the island of Guam for a full minute. I shared a condo with a couple friends that overlooked hotel row. We all dashed out onto the balcony, convinced that we were going to witness the hotels' destructions. The noise was tremendous, we struggled to stay on our feet and the cars were hopping in the parking lot. The new 12 story hotel, the Royal Palm, did sustain damage although we didn't see it until later when we toured the area. This webpage describes the quake pretty well although it must have been written prior to the hotel's demolition because it incorrectly states that only part of the hotel would have to come down. We did have a great view of that when it happened a few months later.
Then there's the super typhoons, but not now...
Loopy, if you're ever tempted to visit New Orleans, drop me a line, willya? I think I might suddenly remember something I need to do FAR AWAY while you're here.
You know the lightning is really close when you are blinded by the flash, all the hair on your arms is standing on end, and you smell ozone. And I was wading through thigh deep water in downtown Kaohsiung at the time.
Almost doesn't count.