Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/07
By: Lee Hsin-Yin
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Datun volcano group/ Image taken from Wikimedia Commons
"Similar activity takes place every day in that area," said Chen Kuo-chang (陳國昌), director of the CWB's Seismology Center.
Chen said Wednesday's temblor was a result of hot water movement rather than magma activity.
Beitou is part of the Datun volcanic system, an active volcano system which experienced its last eruption 6,000 years ago, Chen said. [FULL STORY]