Tremor struck just 5.6 km under the surface

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/11
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rattled Tainan City Wednesday evening, but no immediate damage or casualties were reported.

In February 2016, 117 people died in the city, most of them after an apartment building collapsed in a magnitude-6.4 earthquake.

The epicenter of Wednesday’s tremor hit particularly close to the surface, just 5.6 kilometers deep, the Central Weather Bureau reported.

The quake struck at 8:41 p.m. in the city’s Annan District, 6.5 km northwest from the city government.    [FULL  STORY]