Magnitude 4.2 Earthquake Strikes Southern Taiwan
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 04, 2018 | 07:36 PM
An earthquake registering a magnitude of 4.2 hit southern Taiwan at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported that day.
TAIPEI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Jul, 2018 ) :An earthquake registering a magnitude of 4.2 hit southern Taiwan at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported that day.
The quake's epicenter was located about 50 kilometers northwest of Taitung County Hall at a depth of about 11 km, according to the CWB's Seismology Center.
It was felt the most strongly in Kaohsiung's Taoyuan District, where it registered an intensity of 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale. Chiayi and Taitung recorded an intensity of 2, while Tainan and Yunlin registered 1.
Five earthquakes, two with a magnitude of 4.5, two at 4.6 and one at 4.2, have rocked the southern part of the country between Mondayand Wednesday, according to the CWB.
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