Last night, China Seismological Network officially determined that at 22:29 on September 20, the Taiwan earthquake occurred in the sea area of Hualian County, Taiwan (23.35 degrees north latitude, 121.85 degrees east longitude), with a magnitude of 5.5 and a focal depth of 15 kilometers. Xiamen felt the earthquake.
The distribution of Taiwan seismic belt: there are three (1) Western seismic belts in Taiwan seismic belt, from the south of Taipei to the south of Taiwan through Taichung and Jiayi. The width is about 80 kilometers, roughly parallel to the island axis. The number of earthquakes is less, but the aftershocks are more frequent, the red time is short, the scope is wide, the disaster situation is more serious, the focus is shallow (about more than 10 kilometers), and the crustal movement is intense (2) the East seismic belt starts from the Northeast sea floor of Yilan in the North
What to do in case of an earthquake
During the earthquake, try to take some positions that can protect yourself, such as squatting or sitting down, curling up as much as possible; lying down to minimize the center of gravity of the body, face down, don't press the nose and mouth, so as to facilitate breathing; grasping the solid objects around, so as to prevent the body from moving and causing injury outside the solid objects; protecting the head and neck (bow, protect the head and back neck with hands; when possible, Use the things around you, such as towels, pillows, bedding, etc. to top your head), eyes (bow your head and close your eyes to prevent foreign body injury), mouth and nose (if possible, cover your mouth and nose with wet towel to prevent dust, poison gas) and other important parts of your body.