22 Magnitude 5 Earthquakes in 24 Hours, Why Taiwan Produced a Major Earthquake Swarm

In only 24 hours, a very small section of Taiwan was struck by 22 magnitude 5 earthquakes and 21 magnitude 4 earthquakes in what was an unusually intense earthquake swarm. But, why exactly did this occur? While these events could technically be classified as aftershocks, they occurred in a palindrome like increase before and decrease after two magnitude 6 earthquakes struck. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work “2024TaiwanQuake4a“, is a derivative of a photo (cropped, resized, text overlay, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo), from “ 副總統前往花蓮瞭解災害情形及救援進度“, by: Shufu Liu, 總統府, presidentialoffice, 2024, Posted on Flickr, Flickr account link: , Photo link: , CC BY 2.0. “2024TaiwanQuake4a&qu