5.8-magnitude quake felt in Taiwan
The quake hit at 22:19 local time, USGS said, at a depth of 190 kilometres
The quake hit at 22:19 local time, USGS said, at a depth of 190 kilometres. PHOTO: FILE
TAIPEI:
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the northeast of Taiwan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The quake hit at 22:19 local time (1419 GMT), USGS said, at a depth of 190 kilometres (120 miles).
No tsunami warning was issued but Twitter users as far away as Kaohsiung, on the southwest of the island, reported feeling tremors.
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China's Earthquake Networks Center put the magnitude higher at 6.2, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Last year one man died and another was hospitalised after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan.
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the northeast of Taiwan on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The quake hit at 22:19 local time (1419 GMT), USGS said, at a depth of 190 kilometres (120 miles).
No tsunami warning was issued but Twitter users as far away as Kaohsiung, on the southwest of the island, reported feeling tremors.
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China's Earthquake Networks Center put the magnitude higher at 6.2, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Last year one man died and another was hospitalised after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan.