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Strong Earthquake off Taiwan

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Strong earthquake off the coast of Hualien county, Taiwan

Last update: June 29, 2013 at 12:16 am by By

Update 00:14 UTC : CWB Taiwan reports a CWB 3 intensity shaking at Heping, Hualien County,  Nan-ao, Yilan County –  Luodong, Yilan County  and  Yilan City, Yilan County

This is one of the more powerful earthquakes in the direct Hualien county area. Local CWB is reporting a Magnitude of 5.6 at a depth of 16.9 km. As the epicenter is 30 to 40 km out in the sea, we do not expect damage from this earthquake.

Image courtesy CWB, Taiwan

Image courtesy CWB, Taiwan

123 km SE of Taipei, Taiwan / pop: 7,871,900 / local time: 07:51:53.0 2013-06-29
46 km E of Hualian, Taiwan / pop: 350,468 / local time: 07:51:53.0 2013-06-29

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.5

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-06-28 23:51:51

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 10 km

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/29/strong-earthquake-taiwan-region-on-june-28-2013/