June 2013 Nantou earthquake

{{Short description|Earthquake affecting Taiwan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox earthquake

| title = June 2013 Nantou earthquake

| local-date = {{Start date text|2 June 2013}}

| local-time = 13:43

| timestamp = 2013-06-02 05:43

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| isc-event = 603042353

| image = 250px

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| map =

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| lat = 23.87

| long = 121.00

| mark = Bullseye1.png

| marksize = 40

| position = top

| width = 250

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| relief = yes }}

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| magnitude = 6.2 M_w

| depth = {{convert|10.0|km|mi|0}}

| location = {{Coord|23.87|N|121.00|E|display =inline,title}}

| countries affected = Taiwan (Nantou County, Taichung)

| tsunami =

| casualties = 5 deaths, 18 injuries{{citation|work=Taipei Times|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/06/04/2003563917|title=Death toll from quake reaches four: officials|date=4 June 2013|accessdate=2013-06-04}}{{cite web|url=http://eoc.nfa.gov.tw/eoc/List.aspx?ID=27&MenuID=591&ListID=1570|title=中央災害應變中心 – 災害應變專區|work=nfa.gov.tw|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-date=3 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103212950/http://eoc.nfa.gov.tw/eoc/List.aspx?ID=27&MenuID=591&ListID=1570|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aSOC/201306140326-1.aspx|title=地震落石砸傷 女子不治|agency=Central News Agency (Taiwan)|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102091444/http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aSOC/201306140326-1.aspx|url-status=dead}}

| intensity = {{MMI|VI}}

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The 2013 Nantou earthquake struck central Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.2 on 2 June at {{Tooltip|1:43 p.m.|UTC at 5:43 a.m.}} local time. The epicenter was located in mountainous terrain in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, not far from Sun Moon Lake, close to the epicentre of another large earthquake a little over two months earlier.{{cite web|url=http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/earthquake/Data/quake/EC0602134363075.htm |script-title=zh:地震報告 |date=2 June 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-02 |language=Chinese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608022431/http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/earthquake/Data/quake/EC0602134363075.htm |archivedate= 8 June 2013 }} News reports indicate that five people were killed; three in Nantou County and two in neighbouring Chiayi County. The earthquake could be felt in Hong Kong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, China.