1964 Baihe earthquake

Coordinates: 23°06′N 120°30′E / 23.1°N 120.5°E / 23.1; 120.5
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1964 Baihe earthquake
CST
Magnitude6.3 ML
Depth20.0 km (12.4 mi)
Epicenter23°06′N 120°30′E / 23.1°N 120.5°E / 23.1; 120.5
Areas affectedBaihe, Tainan, Taiwan
Casualties106 killed, 650 injured (229 serious)

The 1964 Baihe earthquake (

2016 Taiwan earthquake
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Earthquake

The earthquake struck at 20:05 on Saturday 18 January 1964, affecting the heavily populated Chiayi-Tainan plain (

Chukou Fault (Chinese: 觸口斷層; pinyin: Chùkǒu duàncéng).[5]

Damage

According to Taiwan's

Central Weather Bureau, the casualties and damage were as follows:[4]

  • 106 dead
  • 229 seriously injured
  • 421 lightly injured
  • 10,502 dwellings completely destroyed
  • 25,818 dwellings partially destroyed
  • 682 public buildings destroyed
  • 764 public buildings partially destroyed

The cost of repairing the damage to public buildings in Tainan County alone was estimated at

NT$191 million (in 1964 New Taiwan Dollars).[4]

The effects of the quake depended on the ground on which buildings stood. On the softer ground of Baihe and

Yujing the reverse was true, with concrete buildings suffering more damage.[4]

In Chiayi City the damage from the earthquake was not so severe, however there was some damage, mainly to older, structurally weak wooden houses. The main cause of disaster in Chiayi was the fire that resulted from the quake. Aftershocks meant that residents and firefighters feared to approach the blaze to tackle it, thus letting it spread until it consumed 174 households in central Chiayi.[4]

Response

There was no official disaster management policy in effect in Taiwan at the time – relief and reconstruction was carried out on an ad hoc basis by the military and police forces. The earthquake forced a rethink of this lack, and the following year the Standard Procedure for Natural Disaster Assistance was promulgated by the Taiwan Provincial Government.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Paleoseismological Study in Taiwan". Central Geological survey, MOEA. Retrieved 2008-06-11. [dead link]
  2. ^ "台灣地區之災害性地震". National Central University. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  3. ^ "臺灣的地震與震災". National Taiwan University. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  4. ^ a b c d e 中央氣象局. "Preface" (PDF). 台灣地區十大災害地震圖集 (A Collection of Images of Ten Great Earthquake Disasters in the Taiwan Region) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  5. ^ Renny. "白河地震 (The Baihe Earthquake)" (PDF) (in Chinese). 防災e學院. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
  6. S2CID 53313498
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