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The Chi-Chi earthquake [4] [5] [6] (later also known as the Jiji earthquake [a] or the great earthquake of September 21 [b]), was a 7.3 M L or 7.7 M w earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time. [2] 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage ...
In the Late Pleistocene, sea levels were about 140 metres (460 ft) lower than at present, exposing the floor of the shallow Taiwan Strait as a land bridge. [6] A concentration of vertebrate fossils has been found in the channel between the Penghu Islands and Taiwan, including a partial jawbone designated Penghu 1, apparently belonging to a previously unknown species of genus Homo, dated ...
The second deadliest was a 7.3 quake that ruptured the Chelongpu Fault (車籠埔斷層) on 21 September 1999, known as the "921 earthquake". On 4 March 2010 at about 01:20 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southern Taiwan. [20] The seismic hazard map for Taiwan by the USGS shows 9/10 of the island as the highest rating (most hazardous). [21]
Daily Stop – based in Hong Kong, merged into 7-Eleven in 2004 Hess – based in New York City; sold its gas station/convenience store network to Marathon Petroleum in 2014 Jacksons Stores – became Sainsbury's at Jacksons in 2004; replaced with the Sainsbury's Local brand in 2008
[11] 7-Eleven stores displaying the Seven & I Holdings logo. On April 20, 2005, Ito-Yokado and its subsidiary Seven-Eleven Japan and Denny's Japan announced their plans to establish a holding company called Seven & I Holdings effective from September 1. Under this new management structure, various business companies would come under the ...
11.7 5.7 5.9 1.2 1.40 2002 22,464 247,530 128,636 118,894 11.0 5.7 5.3 ... Taiwan has a nine-year compulsory education program initiated by the Ministry of Education ...
The EasyCard is a contactless smartcard system operated by the EasyCard Corporation, which was previously named the "Taipei Smart Card Corporation", for payment on the Taipei Metro (also known as "Taipei MRT", or "Taipei Rapid Transit System"), buses, and other public transport services in Taipei since June 2002, and its usage has since expanded to other public transport services throughout ...
The status of women in Taiwan has been based on and affected by the traditional patriarchal views and social structure within Taiwanese society, which put women in a subordinate position to men, although the legal status of Taiwanese women has improved in recent years, particularly during the past two decades when the family law underwent several amendments.