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what's happening here in taiwan?
why its always have an earthquake here? just like now 2 times the first one i guess its intensity 5 and after few minutes here comes another one and i guess its intensity 6. i've experienced countless of earthquakes here. why?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
That is what happens when you live in a geologically active area. You experience countless earthquakes, and you will experience countless more.
- 1 decade ago
Taiwan sits on the edge of the Pacific Plate. The tectonic Pacific Plate is actively being consumed by subduction on three sides. If you were to be alive long enough eventually Taiwan will be crushed between China and California or something like that.
The earthquakes are a release of built up pressure as the down going slab releases from a locked position. When this happens a little more of the Pacific disappears.
