7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km depth

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Post by throwaway598 » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:24 AM UTC

Re: 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km depth

#2

Post by yinser » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:38 AM UTC

Japan’s meteorological agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) for those curious

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Post by comex » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:38 AM UTC

As of 40 minutes after the event, someone has already created a Wikipedia article about it:

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Post by AnimalMuppet » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:40 AM UTC

Tsunami warnings in Japan. US is evaluating whether to issue warnings.

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Post by yellow_lead » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:49 AM UTC

This was felt pretty strongly in Taipei, some reports of electricity outage too. All my friends and I seem ok though.

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Post by 4monthsaway » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:49 AM UTC

That was a big one here this morning 50 minutes ago. Earthquake alert and later a rare tsunami alert. Very shaky.

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Post by xattt » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:54 AM UTC

I see earthquake reports (like this one) describe earthquake depth. What is the significance of it? Is it somehow actionable?

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Post by stewpy » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:56 AM UTC

Are fabs knocked offline?

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Post by ammo1662 » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:56 AM UTC

another 6.5 earthquake after 10 minutes:

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Post by photon-torpedo » Wed, Apr 03, 2024, 12:57 AM UTC

Report from the Taiwan agency:

And a list of all recent earthquakes, showing the aftershocks: