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Quake jolts Taiwan island
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March 4, 2010, Thursday
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A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan at 8:18 a.m. Beijing Time today, according to China's national seismological network.
The epicenter, at a depth of about 6.0 km, was 22.9 degrees latitude north and 120.6 degrees longitude, at the juncture of southern Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties, the network said.
Local residents in Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou of southeast Fujian Province, which is just across the Taiwan Strait, said they felt an intense tremor when the quake hit.
An expert with Fujian Provincial Seismological Bureau contacted by Xinhua said that the earthquake had not caused any major damage in the province.
According to Taiwan's local authorities, the quake was 6.4-magnitude on Richter scale and its epicenter was at a depth of about 5.0 km.
The epicenter, at a depth of about 6.0 km, was 22.9 degrees latitude north and 120.6 degrees longitude, at the juncture of southern Kaohsiung and Pingtung counties, the network said.
Local residents in Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou of southeast Fujian Province, which is just across the Taiwan Strait, said they felt an intense tremor when the quake hit.
An expert with Fujian Provincial Seismological Bureau contacted by Xinhua said that the earthquake had not caused any major damage in the province.
According to Taiwan's local authorities, the quake was 6.4-magnitude on Richter scale and its epicenter was at a depth of about 5.0 km.
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