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921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan

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921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan
921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan (pinyin: Guólì Zìrán Kēxué Bówùguǎn Jiǔ'èryī Dìzhèn Jiàoyù Yuánqū) is a national museum in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is dedicated to the 7.3 earthquake that struck the center of Taiwan at 01:47:12.6 TST on Tuesday, 21 September 1999.

The museum is located on the site of the former Guangfu Junior High School; the shell of the building forms the exterior walls of the museum and the museum's Chelungpu Fault Gallery crosses the fault on which the earthquake occurred.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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