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Chi-Chi earthquake Wikipedia

The Chi-Chi earthquake (also known as 921 earthquake) occurred on September 21, 1999 in central Taiwan at 1:47 am local time (September 20 17:47 GMT) and measured 7.6 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was at 23.87?? N latitude, 120.75?? E longitude, which is in the Ji-Ji Township (Chi-Chi by Wade-Giles romanization) in the Nantou County, about 12.5 km west of the Sun Moon Lake. The depth was 7.0 km.

Damage caused by the earthquake (According to the http://www.nfa.gov.tw/|National Fire Agency, Ministry of the Interior R.O.C):

• 2,415 deaths (including missing people)

• 1,441 severely wounded

• US$9.2 billion worth of damage

• 44,338 houses completely destroyed

• 41,336 houses severely damaged

category: EarthquakesCategory:Geography of Taiwan
category: History of Taiwan
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Last Modified:   2005-11-04