Yesterday morning, when I washed my mouth in the bathroom after having breakfast in the canteen, I suddenly felt the obvious shaking of my head from left to right. This shaking lasted for several seconds, which made me panic and worried that I was going to faint. Fortunately, I returned to normal after a while. When I was about to leave the canteen, I noticed that my colleagues were running towards the balcony of the canteen. I mistakenly thought that someone had accidentally fallen into the artificial lake on the west side of the unit, and everyone came to watch.
After returning to the office, the head of the security department of the unit immediately informed us to evacuate the office and take refuge downstairs. I followed my colleagues quickly to the outdoor parking lot at the front door of the unit, where a large number of colleagues had gathered, and they were waiting with puzzled faces. I quickly took out my mobile phone and searched for the keyword "earthquake" on Google App. As a result, the message directly popped up on the search page: At 7:58 in the morning, something happened in Hualien, Taiwan Grade 6.2 Earthquake. Later, we received the notice of relieving the disaster, and everyone returned to their respective work stations to continue working.
Later, I read the relevant news and learned that a large earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 occurred in the eastern waters of Taiwan, which was felt strongly throughout Taiwan. This earthquake is not only the largest earthquake after the 921 earthquake in Taiwan, but also the most serious natural disaster in Taiwan for 25 years. After the main earthquake, Still accompanied by more than 300 aftershocks 。 Not only in Taiwan, but also in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal areas of the mainland, netizens have also expressed that they felt the obvious earthquake. In my city, when the earthquake occurred, some people rushed to their downstairs to take refuge with quilts or only wearing underwear, which shows the wide impact of the earthquake.
So why are there so many earthquakes in Taiwan? According to the plate tectonics theory (hypothesis), we can find the answer. The collision between the South China plate (belonging to the Eurasian plate) and the Philippine Sea plate is the reason for the formation of Taiwan Island. This active plate movement has led to particularly significant geological activity in Taiwan, so earthquakes occur frequently.