Shigang Dam 921 Earthquake Memorial Place

20200628 When you come to the Shigang Dam, you are curious about where the dam leads to. With such curiosity, I walked across the long embankment and came across the dam to the 921 Earthquake Memorial Park. The 921 earthquake caused the Chelangpu fault to be displaced. The Shigang Dam 16th, 17th, and 18th The gate was destroyed by the earthquake overnight, and the other gates were also twisted and deformed due to the displacement and squeezing of the ground. Fortunately, because the water storage capacity was not large at that time, there was no accident of flooding and dam collapse. Caused a serious water shortage in the Taichung area. Later, after the repair of the dam was completed, the irreversible gate and the adjacent area were set as the 921 Earthquake Park to commemorate and alert the people of the scars left by the earthquake. What is more noticeable is that a large iron pipe damaged in the park and large stones split in half are set in the background. The vast river landscape is in the background. Although it is a good place to take pictures, due to the hot weather, there is no shelter facility. There is no Other tourists are taken for granted.

The 921 earthquake occurred at 01:47:12 in the early morning of September 21, 1999, with a scale of 7.3 on the Richter scale. It caused a major disaster in Taiwan and the Shigang Dam was also severely damaged. I would like to stay vigilant.

multipurpose reservoir Combine hydropower generation, sightseeing and flood storage in one It's worth a visit, it's beautiful, and it's very good to take pictures!

The 921 earthquake, also known as the Chiji earthquake, refers to a reverse fault-type earthquake that occurred at 1:47:15.9 in the morning of September 21, 1999 in the central mountainous area of ​​Taiwan, lasting about 102 seconds in total, during which the whole island of Taiwan felt it. Visible shaking. The epicenter was located at 23.85 degrees north latitude and 120.82 degrees east longitude, in Jiji Town, Nantou County. The earthquake was caused by the dislocation of the Chelongpu fault, and caused a rupture zone with a length of 85 kilometers on the surface. In addition, some scholars believe that it was caused by the two active faults of the Chelongpu fault and the Damaopu-Shuangdong fault. caused by the activity.