Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/28
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, July 28 (CNA) An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale shook
northern Taiwan at 2:59 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.
The epicenter of the earthquake was about 42.3 kilometers southwest of Yilan County Hall at a depth of 7 km, the bureau’s Seismology Center said.
The strongest temblor, which posted an intensity of 6, was felt in Yilan County’s Nanshan Village, the center said.
The earthquake also measured an intensity of 3 in Zhudong Township in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu County, and 2 in other regions in northern, eastern and central Taiwan.