Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/24
By: Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County at 00:04 a.m. on Wednesday, with the shock waves felt across almost all of island country, according to the Central Weather Bureau.
The epicenter of the temblor was 106.1 kilometers east of Hualien County Hall, was measured at a shallow depth of 29.4 kilometers.
An intensity level of 3 was felt in Yilan County and Yilan City, while an intensity level of 2 was felt in Taipei City, Taoyuan City and Hsinchu County.
A lesser intensity level of 1 was felt in Keelung City, Hsinchu City, Taichung City, Changhua City, Chiayi City, Tainan city, Kaohsiung and Pingtung City. [FULL STORY]
