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At least 2,297 people killed, 8,700 injured, 600,000 people left homeless and about
82,000 housing units damaged by the earthquake and larger aftershocks. Damage estimated
at 14 billion U.S. dollars. Maximum intensity (VI JMA) in Nan-touand Tai-chung Counties.
Half of a village was lost by subsidence into the Ta-an Hsi and landslides blocked
the Ching-shui Hsi, creating a large lake. Two other lakes were created by substantial
ground deformation near the epicenter. Surface faulting occurred along 75 km of the
Chelungpu Fault. Felt (V JMA) at Chia-i and I-lan; (IV JMA) at Kao-hsiung, Taipei
and Tai-tung; (IV JMA) on Lan Yu and Peng-hu Tao; (III JMA) at Hua-lien. Felt strongly
in Fujian, Guangdong and Zhejiang Provinces. Felt (IV) in Hong Kong. Also felt (II
JMA) on Iriomote-jima and Yonaguni- jima; (I JMA) on Ishigaki-jima and Miyako-jima,
Ryukyu Islands. |