page_title: 1999 Jiji earthquake
section_title: Central Taiwan
hierarchical_section_title: 1999 Jiji earthquake / Damage / Central Taiwan
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 集集大地震後，棟折樑崩的集集武昌宮。Bân-lâm-gú: Tsi̍p-tsip Tuā-tē-tāng liáu-āu, niû-thiāu tó-khì ê Tsi̍p-tsi̍p Bú-tshiong-kiong. 集集大地動了後，樑柱倒去的集集武昌宮。
context_page_description: The Chi-Chi earthquake, also known as the great earthquake of September 21, was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji, Nantou County, Taiwan on Tuesday, 21 September 1999 at 01:47:12 local time. 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage was done. It was the second-deadliest quake in recorded history in Taiwan, after the 1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake.
  Rescue groups from around the world joined local relief workers and the Taiwanese military in digging out survivors, clearing rubble, restoring essential services and distributing food and other aid to the more than 100,000 people made homeless by the quake. The disaster, dubbed the "Quake of the Century" by the local media, had a profound effect on the economy of the island and the consciousness of the people, and dissatisfaction with government's performance in reacting to it was said by some commentators to be a factor in the unseating of the ruling Kuomintang party in the 2000 presidential election.
context_section_description: The effects of the earthquake were most severe in central Taiwan, particularly in Nantou County and Taichung County. Towns such as Puli suffered huge damage, and the majority of the casualties were concentrated in these regions. Due to the relatively remote location of many of the affected settlements, aid from the central government took some time to reach some survivors.
  The Port of Taichung, one of Taiwan's major commercial harbours, was badly damaged and had to be temporarily closed.
caption: Collapsed Wuchang Temple (武昌宮) in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou.
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