A magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred on Wednesday (April 3), Hualien County, Taiwan, and Taiwan and Japan issued tsunami alerts.
The Central Meteorological Department of Taiwan said that at 7.58 am on Wednesday, the scale occurred at a scale of 7.2 in the eastern waters of Taiwan.
The Central Meteorological Department of Taiwan said that the earthquake may cause the tsunami to affect Taiwan, which has issued a tsunami alert to remind people of the coastal areas to improve their alertness and prevent strict prevention, and pay attention to the harm caused by the sudden rise of the waves.
The scope of influence includes Yilan County, Keelung City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Hsinchu City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Taichung City, Changhua County, Yunlin County, Chiayi CountyPingtung County, Taitung County, Hualien County, Lianjiang County, Penghu County, Jinmen County.
At the same time, the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Mainland China also released a tsunami -level alarm (red), saying that the earthquake may cause local tsunami around the earthquake source., Southeast of Taishi, Northeast Taiwan, Hualien and Yilan's local areas caused disaster effects.
The earthquake of Hualien also affects the southwestern Japan.On Wednesday morning, the Japanese Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert to Gonggu Island, Okinawa Island and other places. It is expected to be three meters high.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency predicts that the first wave of tsunami will immediately reach Gonggu Island and Batshan Mountains. The tsunami is estimated to be three meters; at 9:00 in Taipei time (Japanese time at 10:00), the first wave of tsunami is alsoIt will arrive in Okinawa's island, and the tsunami estimates is three meters.
According to the data of the Japanese Meteorological Agency, the maximum shock level of Okinawa Prefecture and Nago -cho were measured; Okinawa Prefecture, Zhutacho, Shigoi City, Takahami, Okinawa County, Doriaka Village in Okinawa PrefectureTwo levels.
