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Magnitude 4.3 earthquake rattles E. Taiwan

Magnitude 4.3 temblor shook eastern Taiwan's Taitung County

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/04/27
By:  Taiwan News, Staff Writer

(CWB photo)


TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 4.3 earthquake rocked eastern Taiwan at 7:16 p.m. this evening (Apr. 27), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The epicenter of the temblor was located 46.3 kiiometers north-northwest of Taitung County Hall at a focal depth of 5 kilometers, based on CWB data. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.    [FULL  STORY]

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