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Two strong quakes rock Taiwan
Posted: 26 December 2006 2128 hrs
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Strong quake shakes Taiwan
TAIPEI - A major earthquake measuring magnitude 7.1 rocked Taiwan
Tuesday, geologists said, rattling high-rise buildings and
disrupting telephone services.
Authorities said there were no immediate reports of damage or
casualties.
The US Geological Survey said the quake was 10 kilometres (six
miles) deep, 57 miles from Kao-hsiung, Taiwan.
The Taiwan central weather bureau reported there were two
quakes.
It said the stronger tremor struck at 8:26 pm (1226 GMT), with its
epicentre 23 kilometres (14 miles) southwest of Hengchun in
Pingtung county in the southernmost tip of Taiwan. It originated 22
kilometres under the sea.
The second one hit about eight minutes later with its epicentre 12
kilometres west of Fangliao, in Pingtung. It originated 21
kilometres underground.
Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is
regularly shaken by earthquakes. The country's worst, a
7.6-magnitude quake, killed some 2,400 people in September 1999. -
AFP/ir
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