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TAIPEI : A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off
Taiwan on Sunday shaking buildings in the capital, seismologists
said, but there were no reports of damage and a tsunami warning was
not issued.
The undersea quake hit at 16:00 local time (0800 GMT) about 44
kilometres (26 miles) southeast of Taitung city in the southeast,
at a relatively shallow depth of 17 kilometres, the US Geological
Survey said.
Taiwan's Seismology Centre measured the quake at
5.9-magnitude.
Buildings in the Taipei swayed and the quake was felt across the
island, but the National Fire Agency said there were no casualties
or damage.
Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as the island lies near the
junction of two tectonic plates.
In September 1999, a 7.6-magnitude tremor killed around 2,400
people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island's recent
history.
- AFP/ms