June 2013 Nantou earthquake
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Date | 2 June 2013 |
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Magnitude | 6.2 Mw |
Depth | 10.0 kilometres (6 mi) |
Epicenter | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Areas affected | Taiwan (Nantou County, Taichung) |
Casualties | 5 deaths, 18 injuries[1][2][3] |
The 2013 Nantou earthquake was a magnitude 6.2 Mw earthquake which struck central Taiwan on Sunday, 2 June 2013 at 1:43 p.m. local time.[4] The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake, close to the epicentre of another large earthquake a little over two months earlier.[4] News reports indicate that five people were killed; three in Nantou County and two in neighbouring Chiayi County.[1][3] The earthquake could be felt in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, China.
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