Here is a closer look at Taiwan’s history of earthquakes: Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s ...

21, 1999, a massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake raised the earth over two meters along one side of the Chelungpu Fault (車籠埔斷層 ..

In recent decades, the majority of earthquakes that strike Taiwan occur on the eastern side of the Central Mountain Range, along the Hualien coast or Yilan. However, the Meishan fault line which runs ...

The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said. The red ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocked east Taiwan at 9:58 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 16), according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). No injuries or damage from the ...

Regardless of what one thinks of Trump personally and his first administration, US-Taiwan relations blossomed ... 21, 1999, a ...

Major faults like the San Andreas strike fear of producing devastating earthquakes. But scientists have found that little-known 'branch' faults, minor faults that stem from larger ones ...

Hualien (Taiwan), Feb 8 (ANI): A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwanese tourist city of Hualien late on Tuesday. The tremors were felt all along Taiwan but Hualien was wirst hit by the earthquake.

The sheer size of the fault means it is capable of producing some of the strongest earthquakes in the world. A magnitude 8 or 9 earthquake off the coast could cause widespread devastation.

One of the world's most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand. The five largest continental transform earthquakes since ...

New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered fault line that sits at a rare angle — and it ...