ALERT: The CWB expects few aftershocks from the first earthquake because of its depth, but warned that magnitude 4 aftershocks might come from the second one

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 14, 2019
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

The nation was shaken by two earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 yesterday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said yesterday.

The first one, a magnitude 5.1 temblor, occurred at 4:19am, at a depth of 132.5km in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮), bureau data showed.

The largest intensity generated by the quake reached level 2, which was recorded in New Taipei City, Toucheng Township (頭城) in Yilan County, Sibao (西寶) in Hualien County and Lishan (梨山) in Taichung.

A level 1 intensity was recorded in Yilan City, Taipei, Hohuanshan in Nantou County and three other localities.    [FULL  STORY]