JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring M 6.2 hit Taiwan's east coast. After that, several milder aftershocks were followed by shocks felt in the capital Taipei.
Quoted from The Strait Times, Thursday, December 15, the earthquake occurred right after noon about 30 km off the coast of Hualien Regency with a shallow depth of 6 km.
The US Geological Survey reports a 5.9 lower magnitude readout and a depth of 12 km.
The national fire agency said six pedestrians who climbed Yushan, the island's highest mountain, suffered minor injuries when they were hit by a rock that fell during the earthquake.
The earthquake rocked buildings in the capital Taipei, according to eyewitnesses.
"Earthquakes are felt across Taiwan because they are very shallow," Chen Kuo-chang, head of the weather bureau seismology center, told reporters.
"There have been eight aftershocks so far and we expect more aftershocks in the next three days."
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