5-magnitude quake rocks Yilan County

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/12/16
By: Flor Wang

Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) A 5-magnitude earthquake jolted Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan at 7:25 p.m. Monday, according to the Central Weather Bureau.

The epicenter of the temblor was 49.3 kilometers under the sea and about 21.2 kilometers south of the Yilan County government, the bureau said.

The intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a temblor, was highest in Yilan County, measuring 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale.

The quake was also felt in Taipei in northern Taiwan at an intensity of three.    [FULL  STORY]