By outdoor-nature-child.com On October 6th at 4:48 PM, a magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled the central region of the Taiwan Strait, with tremors felt across coastal areas in Fujian, including Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou.
The China Earthquake Networks Center reported that the quake struck at a depth of 18 kilometers, with its epicenter located at 23.98 degrees north latitude and 118.68 degrees east longitude. This location lies about 60 kilometers from the nearest coastline, approximately 152 kilometers from Taiwan, and around 63 kilometers from Kinmen County. Notably, Xiamen’s Siming and Huli Districts are about 80 kilometers away, while Shishi City in Quanzhou is around 84 kilometers distant, and Fuzhou is 244 kilometers from the epicenter.
In the last five years, there have been 11 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher recorded within 200 kilometers of this epicenter, the most powerful being a magnitude 5.3 quake off the coast of Pingtung County, Taiwan, on June 28, 2022.
Following the earthquake, residents in coastal cities like Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou reported feeling the tremors. One Xiamen resident, Chen Shu, described the experience: “I was resting at home when I suddenly felt the sofa shaking noticeably.”
Coincidentally, this earthquake occurred during China’s National Day holiday, a busy travel season, which resulted in some delays for passenger trains traversing the Min’nan coastal areas. A spokesperson from the Nanchang Railway Bureau informed reporters that, following inspections by maintenance teams, affected trains were able to quickly resume their normal schedules, and rail traffic along Fujian’s coast experienced minimal disruption.