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1906 Meishan earthquake

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27: 363: 36: 423:; on seeing, too, so many traces of the awful suffering on every side. Within Ka-gi city, and a limited area around, 1,216 persons were suddenly thrust out into the eternal world. Not fewer than 2,306 persons were seriously injured, and 13,259 houses laid low. The great mysterious Power then tore the earth into deep, open chasms in several places. 381:
who arrived shortly after the earthquake believed that the high number of casualties was due to the construction of the local houses. Loosely cemented with mud, the combination of sun-dried mud brick walls and heavy roofing beams was thought to be responsible for many dwellings collapsing, killing or
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The Japanese colonial authorities in Taihoku (Taipei) sent teams of medical personnel to assist, and Campbell reported that shortly after the earthquake reconstruction efforts were well advanced. At the time some writers suggested a link between the Meishan quake and the great
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I was there soon after, and had a profound feeling of sadness on seeing whole streets covered with fallen beams and other
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Jehovah's Witnesses: Their Claims, Doctrinal Changes, and Prophetic Speculation : what Does the Record Show?
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Omori's figures give slightly different casualty rates, and very different statistics for building damage:
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on 17 March 1906, at a focal depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). The event created the
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with a length of 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) stretching through modern-day
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Preliminary Note of the Formosa Earthquake of March 17, 1906
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National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Reports vary slightly, but according to the official
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injuring the inhabitants. He also found evidence of
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summary, the casualties and damage were as follows:
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UTC
ISC
16957889
ANSS
ComCat
Ms
23°33′N 120°27′E / 23.55°N 120.45°E / 23.55; 120.45
Japanese Taiwan
MMI IX (Violent)
Chinese
pinyin
Chinese
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Japanese Taiwan
Meishan
Chiayi County
Taiwan
Chinese
pinyin
third-deadliest earthquake
recorded history
surface wave magnitude
Mercalli intensity
local time
Meishan fault
fault
Chiayi County
Central Weather Bureau

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