Hualien · Full chronicle and history

Blogger Bajiong traveled to the disaster area in Hualien to deliver supplies. The local indigenous community chairman bitterly denounced the Hualien County Government's incompetence in disaster relief, pointing to chaotic distribution of supplies and unfair criteria for issuing condolence payments, which left disaster victims and non-victims feeling a sense of imbalance.

An earthquake struck Hualien on April 3, 2024, initially measured at magnitude 7.2 (later revised to 7.1), killing 18 people; Taiwan's Executive Yuan activated the Central Emergency Operation Center.