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台灣雙地震似乎引發了建築物倒塌的「殺手脈衝」

這次的地震震動程度比2500年回歸週期預期的還要大。前震可能留下了主震即將來臨的預兆。

Taiwan’s double earthquake may have launched a ‘killer pulse’

The shaking from the magnitude-6.8 mainshock was larger than expected in 2500 years. The foreshock may have left a seismic warning that another quake was coming.

Drilling into a fault to capture 3D earthquake behavior

To know what happens to a fault during an earthquake, we need to have our eyes on it. A new drilling project gets instruments as close as possible to the source of a future earthquake in Taiwan.

玉里地震以及它的警示

玉里地震的特性與過去的地震活動相近,而未來鄰近區域有發生大地震的可能性。

Magnitude-6.6 earthquake warns east-central Taiwan of shaking potential

The pattern of recent earthquakes in the area indicated this event was likely, and an even larger quake is possible in the future.

新的一年北台灣的地動山搖

1 月 3 日台灣東部外海規模 6.0 的地震撼動了台北市區,但靠近震央的城市只有感覺到輕微的震動。

Northern Taiwan starts the new year with a jolt

An offshore magnitude-6.0 earthquake on January 3 rattled the Taipei metropolitan area, but cities closer to the epicenter felt only light shaking.