Two strong quakes rock Taiwan
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Two strong quakes rock Taiwan
Posted: 26 December 2006 2128 hrs
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• Strong quake shakes Taiwan
TAIPEI - A major earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 rocked Taiwan Tuesday, geologists said, rattling high-rise buildings and disrupting telephone services.
Authorities said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The US Geological Survey said the quake was 10 kilometres (six miles) deep, 57 miles from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan.
The Taiwan central weather bureau reported there were two quakes.
It said the stronger tremor struck at 8:26 pm (1226 GMT), with its epicentre 23 kilometres (14 miles) southwest of Hengchun in Pingtung county in the southernmost tip of Taiwan. It originated 22 kilometres under the sea.
The second one hit about eight minutes later with its epicentre 12 kilometres west of Fangliao, in Pingtung. It originated 21 kilometres underground.
Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is regularly shaken by earthquakes. The country's worst, a 7.6-magnitude quake, killed some 2,400 people in September 1999. - AFP/ir
Anyone got friends or relatives in Taiwan?
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lst time heard taiwan got earthquake...where it is? taipei...cos so big..friends onli my idol...jay
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yes. some kaohsuing mobile phone lines are down just now.
1-metre high tsunami may hit philippines.... plus the sea there has been rough these few days with torrental rains pounding japan north and incl. tokyo, far worse than the ones we've experienced... -
woah scary!
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*prays hard*
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it good that pct came back before the quake
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Hope that there won't be another episode of 2004
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Whose friend or relative in OCS went to Taiwan for training now?
Better call them to make sure that they are safe. My friend in Taiwan, but he's in Taoyuan now. I have no means to contact him leh. Must wait for him to come online or update his blog lor. -
Wah piang, like its "The day after Tomorrow" movie..Originally posted by ^tamago^:yes. some kaohsuing mobile phone lines are down just now.
1-metre high tsunami may hit philippines.... plus the sea there has been rough these few days with torrental rains pounding japan north and incl. tokyo, far worse than the ones we've experienced... -
not that worse baOriginally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:Wah piang, like its "The day after Tomorrow" movie.. 
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Dont you think its similar? Some countries severe drought, some experience torrential rain. Some kena earthquake, some kena flood.Some also got tornado or hurricane. All happen within 3 months.Originally posted by OasisBlue:not that worse ba -
it rocked our internet connections just as bad.
Singnet:
Dear customers, you may experience slow Internet access to overseas websites due to an earthquake that occurred in Taiwan. We are in the midst of restoring our service. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. -
why do these sorta stuff always happen after xmas?
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Starhub:
27 December 2006
Dear valued MaxOnline customers
Due to an earthquake in Taiwan yesterday, the undersea cable was disrupted resulting in slow Internet access to some international sites. You can be assured that our topmost priority is to quickly restore services and we have deployed all available resources to address the situation as soon as possible.
Since yesterday, we have started re-routing the affected Internet traffic to other routes. Our engineers have been working round-the-clock and are doing their best to rectify the matter as soon as possible.
We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience. An update will be provided as soon as we can.
Regards
StarHub Web Administrator -
hub sounds more sincere than singnet..
then again, since when has singnet not sucked? -
I feel Armagadeon is coming
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At least nobody die,that is good
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i got friends who just went taiwan for holiday on 26th!! pray for them.
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1m high tsunami.. not v high wad... i'll call tt a small wave.. haha...Originally posted by ^tamago^:yes. some kaohsuing mobile phone lines are down just now.
1-metre high tsunami may hit philippines.... plus the sea there has been rough these few days with torrental rains pounding japan north and incl. tokyo, far worse than the ones we've experienced... -
got casualties... news just reportOriginally posted by Mervyn>_<:At least nobody die,that is good 
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8 out of a family of 10 died in the quake leaving only the grandma and grandpa behind.
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sttrong reminder for ppl to pray ma...Originally posted by happyBABY:why do these sorta stuff always happen after xmas?