Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/12
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck off Taiwan’s east coast at 6:25 a.m. Saturday 
morning at a depth of 22 kilometers, according to Central Weather Bureau (CWB) data.
An intensity level of 2 was felt in eastern Taiwan including Su-ao Township of Yilan County and Yilan City, followed by New Taipei City and Taipei City at 1.
Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt in a specific location.
At the same time in Japan, a magnitude-6.2 temblor rocked about 12 kilometers from Onagawa near Sendai at 6:42 a.m. local time at a depth of 44.8 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami warning has been issued. [SOURCE]
