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div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="locmap" style="width:260px;float:right;clear:right"><div style="width:260px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:260px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake is located in Taiwan"><img alt="1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake is located in Taiwan" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/60px-Bullseye1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Bullseye1.png/80px-Bullseye1.png 2x" data-file-width="1610" data-file-height="1610" /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a> time</th><td class="infobox-data">1935-04-20 22:02:01</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_Seismological_Centre" title="International Seismological Centre">ISC</a> event</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.isc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/FormatBibprint.pl?evid=904224">904224</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">USGS-<a href="/wiki/Advanced_National_Seismic_System" title="Advanced National Seismic System">ANSS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem904224">ComCat</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local date</th><td class="infobox-data">21 April 1935<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1935-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Local time</th><td class="infobox-data">06:02:01</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Magnitude</th><td class="infobox-data">7.1 <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#Mw" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000003-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Moment mag. scale">M<sub>w</sub></span></a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depth</th><td class="infobox-data">15 km (9 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Epicenter</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&params=24.294_N_120.675_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°17′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">120°40′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.294°N 120.675°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.294; 120.675</span></span></span></a></span></span></li> <li>Sansa Village, Byōritsu District, <a href="/wiki/Shinchiku_Prefecture" title="Shinchiku Prefecture">Shinchiku Prefecture</a>, Taiwan<sup id="cite_ref-cwa1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cwa1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule" title="Taiwan under Japanese rule">Japanese Taiwan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Maximum">Max.</abbr> intensity</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 145, 0); padding:4px; color:black;"><a href="/wiki/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale#mmi-8" title="Modified Mercalli intensity scale"><span style="color:black;">MMI VIII (<i>Severe</i>)</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Casualties</th><td class="infobox-data">3,276 killed, 12,053+ injured</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Longtengbridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Longtengbridge.jpg/300px-Longtengbridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Longtengbridge.jpg/450px-Longtengbridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Longtengbridge.jpg/600px-Longtengbridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Longteng_Bridge" title="Longteng Bridge">Longteng Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sanyi,_Miaoli" title="Sanyi, Miaoli">Sanyi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miaoli_County" title="Miaoli County">Miaoli County</a> collapsed during the Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake</b> occurred with a <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">Richter magnitude</a> of 7.1 (7.1 <a href="/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub>w</sub></a>) in April 1935 with its epicenter in <a href="/wiki/Miaoli" title="Miaoli">Miaoli</a>, Taiwan (then part of <a href="/wiki/Shinchiku_Prefecture" title="Shinchiku Prefecture">Shinchiku Prefecture</a>). It was the <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Taiwan" title="List of earthquakes in Taiwan">deadliest earthquake in Taiwan's recorded history</a>, claiming 3,276 lives and causing extensive damage. Twelve seconds after the mainshock, an aftershock of <a href="/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales#ML" title="Seismic magnitude scales"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="'Local' mag. scale">M<sub>L</sub></span></a> 6.0 occurred, centered on <i>Gabi Village</i> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Emei,_Hsinchu" title="Emei, Hsinchu">Emei Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hsinchu_County" title="Hsinchu County">Hsinchu County</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earthquake">Earthquake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Earthquake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial shock happened at 06:02 local time on 21 April 1935. The epicentre was in the village of <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sansa</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">三叉</span></span>)</span>, Byōritsu District, <a href="/wiki/Shinchiku_Prefecture" title="Shinchiku Prefecture">Shinchiku Prefecture</a> (modern-day Sanyi, Miaoli), with the quake measuring 7.1 on the Richter magnitude scale. The quake was felt all over Taiwan apart from <a href="/wiki/Hengchun" title="Hengchun">Hengchun</a> on the southern tip of the island, as well as in <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou" title="Fuzhou">Fuzhou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, across the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait">Taiwan Strait</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESenWu199618_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESenWu199618-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Soil_liquefaction" title="Soil liquefaction">Soil liquefaction</a> was observed in various locations, and a 3 m (10 ft) drop between the two sides of the fault was in evidence at Gabi Village.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most serious damage from the quake was located in Shinchiku Prefecture and <a href="/wiki/Taich%C5%AB_Prefecture" title="Taichū Prefecture">Taichū Prefecture</a> (present-day Miaoli County and <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>) over a 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESenWu199618_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESenWu199618-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of aftershocks followed the main quake, with the largest registering 6.0 with an epicentre at Gabi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Damage">Damage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Damage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earthquake was the deadliest in Taiwan's <a href="/wiki/Recorded_history" title="Recorded history">recorded history</a>. The official reports cite the following figures for deaths, injuries and damage: </p> <ul><li>Deaths: 3,276</li> <li>Injuries: 12,053</li> <li>Houses destroyed: 17,907</li> <li>Houses damaged: 36,781</li></ul> <p>The infrastructure of the island also sustained severe damage, with transportation, communications, and water networks heavily compromised.<sup id="cite_ref-TA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reported_portents">Reported portents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reported portents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Residents in central Taiwan reported that several days before the earthquake there were "signs in the sky" of impending disaster, while locals from Kiyomizu Town, <a href="/wiki/Taich%C5%AB_Prefecture" title="Taichū Prefecture">Taichū Prefecture</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Qingshui_District" title="Qingshui District">Qingshui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taichung" title="Taichung">Taichung</a>) near the epicentre, reported water boiling in ground wells an hour before the shock.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESenWu199617_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESenWu199617-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response">Response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The great number of casualties in the earthquake prompted a review of safety standards, with the colonial Japanese government implementing building codes of a similar standard to those in force in Japan in the wake of the disaster.<sup id="cite_ref-TA_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Locals were apparently appreciative of the efforts of Japanese policemen in recovering bodies, given local superstitions against touching the dead.<sup id="cite_ref-TA_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the earthquake, <a href="/wiki/Yang_Kui" title="Yang Kui">Yang Kui</a> penned "Investigation and relief work in Taiwan’s earthquake disaster zones," considered an early work of literary journalism in Taiwan. <a href="/wiki/Pokua" title="Pokua">Liamkua</a> author Lin Ta-piao wrote the "Great Central Taiwan Earthquake New Song" about the earthquake.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1935" title="List of earthquakes in 1935">List of earthquakes in 1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Taiwan" title="List of earthquakes in Taiwan">List of earthquakes in Taiwan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Shinchiku-Taich%C5%AB_earthquake&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="/wiki/1930_Pyu_earthquake" title="1930 Pyu earthquake">Pyu</a> (7.3, Dec 4) <b>†</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1931" title="List of earthquakes in 1931">1931</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1931_Oaxaca_earthquake" title="1931 Oaxaca earthquake">Oaxaca</a> (7.8, Jan 15) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Myitkyina_earthquake" title="1931 Myitkyina earthquake">Myitkyina</a> (7.6, Jan 28)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Hawke%27s_Bay_earthquake" title="1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake">Hawke's Bay</a> (7.8, Feb 3) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Nicaragua_earthquake" title="1931 Nicaragua earthquake">Nicaragua</a> (5.6, Mar 31) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Zangezur_earthquake" title="1931 Zangezur earthquake">Zangezur</a> (6.5, Apr 27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Dogger_Bank_earthquake" title="1931 Dogger Bank earthquake">North Sea</a> (6.1, June 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Fuyun_earthquake" title="1931 Fuyun earthquake">Fuyun</a> (7.9, Aug 10) <b>†‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Valentine_earthquake" title="1931 Valentine earthquake">Texas</a> (6.5, Aug 16)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Southwest_Sumatra_earthquake" title="1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake">Sumatra</a> (7.3, Sep 25)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1932" title="List of earthquakes in 1932">1932</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1932_Jalisco_earthquakes" title="1932 Jalisco earthquakes">Jalisco</a> (8.2 & 7.7 & 7.0, June 3 & 18 & 22) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Eureka_earthquake" title="1932 Eureka earthquake">Eureka</a> (6.4, June 6)</li> 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<b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Sumatra_earthquake" title="1933 Sumatra earthquake">Sumatra</a> (7.7, Jun 24) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Diexi_earthquake" title="1933 Diexi earthquake">Diexi</a> (7.3 Aug 25) <b>†‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Baffin_Bay_earthquake" title="1933 Baffin Bay earthquake">Baffin Bay</a> (7.7, Nov 20)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1934" title="List of earthquakes in 1934">1934</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_Nepal%E2%80%93India_earthquake" title="1934 Nepal–India earthquake">Bihar</a> (8.0, January 15) <b>†</b> <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Pahiatua_earthquake" title="1934 Pahiatua earthquake">Pahiatua</a> (7.6, Mar 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Hansel_Valley_earthquake" title="1934 Hansel Valley earthquake">Hansel Valley</a> (6.6, March 12)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1935" title="List of earthquakes in 1935">1935</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1935_Erdek%E2%80%93Marmara_Islands_earthquake" title="1935 Erdek–Marmara Islands earthquake">Erdek–Marmara Islands</a> (7.4, Jan 4)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shinchiku-Taichū</a> (7.1, Apr 21) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Digor_earthquake" title="1935 Digor earthquake">Digor</a> (6.1, May 1) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake" title="1935 Quetta earthquake">Quetta</a> (7.7, May 31) <b>†‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Helena_earthquake" title="1935 Helena earthquake">Helena</a> (6.2, Oct 19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Timiskaming_earthquake" title="1935 Timiskaming earthquake">Timiskaming</a> (6.1, Nov 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Sumatra_earthquake" title="1935 Sumatra earthquake">Sumatra</a> (7.7, Dec 28)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1937" title="List of earthquakes in 1937">1937</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1937_Orizaba_earthquake" title="1937 Orizaba earthquake">Orizaba</a> (7.3, Jul 26) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Heze_earthquakes" title="1937 Heze earthquakes">Heze</a> (7.0, Aug 1) <b>†‡</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_1939" title="List of earthquakes in 1939">1939</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1939_Chill%C3%A1n_earthquake" title="1939 Chillán earthquake">Chillán</a> (7.9, Jan 25) <b>†</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Oga_earthquake" title="1939 Oga earthquake">Oga</a> (7.0, May 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake" title="1939 Erzincan earthquake">Erzincan</a> (7.8, Dec 27) <b>†‡</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>†</b> indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths <br /> <b>‡</b> indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Earthquakes_in_Taiwan79" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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