World’s Tallest Building Causing EarthQuakes?
Reuters Reports that Seismic activity in Taipei has increased since the world’s tallest building, Taipei 101, was built, raising questions over whether the Taiwan capital has become more vulnerable to earthquakes.
The city has recorded an increase in micro-earthquakes (of magnitude 2.0-2.5 on the Richter scale) and since construction began on the 508-meter (1,667-ft) tall Taipei 101.
Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that two earthquakes of magnitude 3.8 and 3.2 occurred directly beneath Taipei 101 in October 2004 and March 2005.
Asked whether Taipei 101 could actually be the cause of these earthquakes, Lin Cheng-horng, a geologist at the Institute of Earth Sciences at Taiwan’s most prestigious think tank said There is a distinct possibility of earthquakes being triggered by the recent construction of the world’s highest building.
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