Category NORTHEAST OF TAIWAN

Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes Northeast of Taiwan on 2nd March 2026

In 1949 the region was swamped by a huge influx of refugees from China, and today its jam-packed cities contain more Mandarin-speaking “mainlanders” and their descendants than anywhere else in Taiwan, providing a high proportion of Kuomintang (KMT) support. The…