Casualties in disaster areas
Death: 232 1
Injuries: more than 8,000.
Because Taichung County and Nantou County in Taiwan Province Province are the main epicentre areas, the disaster is particularly serious. According to government statistics on the second day after the earthquake, the death toll has exceeded 2,000, 6,534 people were injured and 2,308 people were trapped. There are also serious disasters in Taipei County, Taipei City, Miaoli County, Taichung City, Changhua County and Yunlin County. Three weeks later, the Accounting Office of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan Province Province announced 2,378 deaths (including missing persons), with the highest death toll in Taichung County being 1 138 and Nantou County being 928, with 40,845 houses completely collapsed and 4 1373 buildings partially collapsed.
aftershock
On the day of the 92 1 earthquake, there were many aftershocks, and the most influential one was at 2: 16 in the morning less than an hour later, with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter scale. The aftershock following the 7.3 magnitude main earthquake is the main cause of more house damage than other earthquakes. Then at 8: 14 am on September 22nd, the scale of Ruishi reached 6.8. And at 7: 00 a.m.15 on September 26th, the scale of Ruishi reached 6.8.
Get saved
On September 24th, Zhang Jingying, a 6-year-old boy from Dali City, Taichung County, was rescued from the ruins of the collapsed Taichung Dynasty Building by a South Korean search and rescue team. On the morning of September 26th, 1 1: 15, two brothers, Sun Qifeng and Sun, who were studying in Taipei Southeast Institute of Technology and Da 'an High School, were rescued from the disaster area of Dongxinglou. Dongxing Building is the worst-hit area in Taipei, with 73 people dead and 14 missing. At the same time, it is also a single-family building with the largest number of casualties in the 92 1 earthquake.
Power failure; blackout
Due to the damage of the high voltage tower, the whole station was blacked out. After emergency repair, the power was cut off, and the central electric tower was robbed at 7: 00 pm on June 3, 65438/KLOC-0.
commemorate
September 2 1 every year is designated as disaster prevention day.
The "921 Earthquake Education Park" was set up in the original site of Guangfu Middle School in Wufeng Township, Taichung County, and the school was damaged by the earthquake.
Live documentary
Residents surnamed Feng, who lived in Zhongxing New Village in Nantou near the epicenter, recalled: "Shortly before the earthquake, the earth made a rumbling noise and began to shake before it could react; Residents fled the house in a hurry, only to see the buildings on the roadside, like dominoes, falling down one after another; The scene is shocking and really amazing. " . Wang Xing, an officer living in Taipei, said: "Shortly before the incident, there was a short power outage of about half a minute, and the power was immediately restored, but then the power was cut off again, then it shook up and down, and then the aftershocks continued. Shortly after the earthquake, China Broadcasting Corporation reported that Dongxing Building in Taipei caught fire. At that time, the people in the north did not understand the disaster in the central region, but only guessed that the earthquake was no small matter. "
The magic designer who lived in the downtown area of Taichung at that time said: I was playing video games on the computer that night, and suddenly all the lights in the room flashed (about a second or two), and the screen in front of me suddenly lit up again. Just when I couldn't figure out the situation, a voice came first and then began to tremble. I live on the top floor, so my mother and brother staggered downstairs and rushed to the third floor of my house to hide with other family members. The radio only heard chaos from all over the world, and then there was no electricity for several days, and the school (Feng Jia University) was closed for two weeks. In those days, the information transmission and traffic immediately returned to a very primitive state, and everyone was at a loss all day, just worried that there would be more aftershocks-magic designer 06: 34 April 10 (UTC).
On September 2 1, the whole station stopped working and attending classes. About two hours after the earthquake, the military was ordered to be in position at 6 am, while President Lee Teng-hui arrived at the disaster area in Nantou at 9 am.
The next day, the government used the emergency reserve fund to provide 2 million yuan for disaster relief to the village heads of various towns. On September 25th, the President issued an emergency order, which was approved by the Legislative Yuan on September 28th to reduce administrative procedures and speed up disaster relief. Soon, rescue teams from all over the world arrived in Taiwan Province Province to help with the disaster relief. Fund-raising activities for disaster relief in various places are in full swing, but some people still think that the government's emergency response capability needs to be strengthened. Among them, President Lee Teng-hui's helicopter accidentally blew down a tree when landing, resulting in the death of a little girl.
After the earthquake, people in Taiwan Province Province learned the power of the earthquake, and began to think deeply about the importance of earthquake prevention, and began to review the earthquake prevention measures in buildings or other places.
International support
Since the 92 1 earthquake, countries all over the world have expressed concern and started to raise relief funds in various colors.
As we are all sons and daughters of the Chinese nation, Hong Kong performing arts took the lead in launching the "92 1 Heart-to-Heart Action of Hong Kong Performing Arts" after the 92/KLOC-0 earthquake, raising reconstruction expenses for earthquake victims, holding a charity performance at the Hung Hom Gymnasium in Hong Kong, and tying a yellow ribbon on the stage to express hope and support. More than 250 artists from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Anita Mui, Sammi Cheng, Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, Zhou Jie and Ren Xianqi, attended the benefit performance that night.