Magnitude 6.2 Mw Casualties 5 deaths, 18 injuries | Depth 10.0 kilometres (6 mi) | |
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Date 2 June 2013 (2013-06-02) Areas affected | ||
The 2013 Nantou earthquake was a magnitude 6.2 Mw earthquake which struck central Taiwan on Sunday, 2 June 2013 at 1:43 p.m. local time. The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake, close to the epicentre of another large earthquake a little over two months earlier. News reports indicate that five people were killed; three in Nantou County and two in neighbouring Chiayi County. The earthquake could be felt in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, China.
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June 2013 Nantou earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA