The earthquake in Taiwan 30 times stronger than the 2009 one in L'Aquila - Terra e Poli. Taiwan is held in a vice that periodically triggers large earthquakes such as the 7.4 magnitude one that occurred in the early hours of today.
"The island is compressed between the Philippine and Eurasian plates", says Carlo Doglioni, president of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. The Philippine plate is approaching the Eurasian one at a rate of over 7 centimeters per year.