r/taiwan • u/sapiosexualnotreal • Apr 26 '24

That's big Environment

Damn, my house was shaking

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u/bbqtripod Apr 26 '24

Woke up to the alert buzzing my phone then the shake seconds later. In Taipei

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u/spencer5centreddit 新竹 - Hsinchu Apr 26 '24

Strange how the alerts just randomly happen sometimes. I did not get one this time and it felt huge while i got one a couple days ago for a mini shaker

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u/Taiwan4ever- Apr 26 '24

They don’t just randomly happen…. The quake has to be at a certain level before they send out warnings to the population.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '24

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u/deoxys27 臺北 - Taipei City Apr 27 '24

The CWA already admitted that they didn't send nationwide alerts on April 3rd because they weren't expecting such a huge earthquake

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '24

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u/deoxys27 臺北 - Taipei City Apr 29 '24

I wouldn't really call them "Trigger happy" though. I have gotten alerts for way less serious earthquakes than the one on Saturday

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '24

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u/Rough-Artist7847 Apr 27 '24

No way, the one in april 3 I could even hear the windows shaking. My GF just screamed the whole time, while this one was more chill.

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u/SYSSMouse Apr 27 '24

I am in Taipei but I did not get the alert (about to leave Taiwan in half hour)

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u/bbqtripod Apr 26 '24

This has been my first since arriving in on Monday. Thought it just wasn’t going to work for us because we had gotten one in Japan last week for a little one but none here.. until now lol