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Massive Earthquake in Taiwan
April 7 , 2024
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- Taiwan witnessed a massive earthquake (7.2) in at least 25 years.
- Notably, Taiwan is prone to earthquakes as it lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire” — where 90% of the world’s earthquakes take place.
- The island and its surrounding waters have registered about 2,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1980, and more than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.5.
- The Ring of Fire is essentially a string of hundreds of volcanoes and earthquake-sites which runs along the Pacific Ocean.
- It is a semicircle or horse shoe in shape and stretches nearly 40,250 kilometres.
- The Ring of Fire traces the meeting points of numerous tectonic plates.
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