On October 21, at 9:17 AM, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake shook the central region of the Taiwan Strait, with residents in coastal cities such as Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Putian reporting tremors.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers, with the epicenter located at a latitude of 24.62 degrees north and a longitude of 120.07 degrees east, approximately 55 kilometers away from Taiwan.
In the past five years, there have been a total of 244 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or higher within 200 kilometers of the epicenter, with the strongest recorded event being a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that occurred in the waters off Hualien County, Taiwan, on April 3, 2024, just 192 kilometers from the current epicenter.
Following the earthquake, many in coastal areas, including Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Putian, reported feeling the ground shake. A Quanzhou resident, Chen Bin, shared that while he was in his office on a higher floor of a building, he clearly felt his desk and chair shaking. Afterward, he turned to the internet for information and confirmed it was related to the earthquake in the Taiwan Strait.
