4.3-magnitude earthquake jolts eastern Taiwan

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/04/06
By: Chang Ming-kun and Y.F. Low

Taipei, April 6 (CNA) A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook eastern Taiwan at 4:50 a.m. Monday,

(From the Central Weather Bureau website)

(From the Central Weather Bureau website)

according to the Central Weather Bureau.

The earthquake was centered 12.9 kilometers northwest of the Hualien County Hall and struck at a depth of 22.2 km, the bureau’s Seismology Center said.

The strongest tremor, which registered a 3 on Taiwan’s 1-7 intensity scale, was felt in Hualien County’s Tongmen and Yilan County’s Nanshan, the center said.

There were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake.

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