TAIPEI Two people died and 21 others were injured, including 3 severely, in an earthquake that shook
Taiwan’s Nantou county on Sunday afternoon, according to the island’s disaster response authorities.
The two deaths were reported in Nantou and the neighboring Chiayi county, the authorities said.One
person is still missing, the authorities said.
The epicenter of the 6.7magnitude earthquake was monitored at about 23.9 degrees north latitude and
120.9 degrees east longitude with a depth of 9 km, according to the mainland’s China Earthquake
Networks Center.Taiwan’s earthquake authorities measured it at 6.3 magnitude.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nantou on March 27 this year.
The recent two quakes correlate “a little bit” with a massive earthquake that shook the island nearly 14
years ago, said Lu Pei-ling, an official with the sub-center of Taiwan’s earthquake forecasting center.
on Sunday, the office’s spokeswoman Fan Liqing conveyed condolences to the families of the Taiwan
victims.
She said the mainland’s compatriots are deeply concerned about the earthquake and can feel what the
Taiwan compatriots feel.
Our company JiYang industrial Co.,LTD has been engaged in the production of socks for several years,
like compression socks, diabetes socks and football socks. We are sorry to hear this news. We are willing
to spare no effects to offer assistance as long as the taiwan side has need. God bless these people.
