A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck at sea off the coast of eastern Taiwan at 3:24am on Tuesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The epicentre of the temblor was located about 59.3 kilometres east of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 17.9km, Focus Taiwan reported quoting the bureau’s Seismology Centre as saying.
The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a quake, reached a 4 on Taiwan’s 7-tier intensity scale in Hualien County’s Heping Village and Yilan County’s Yilan City.
The quake also measured an intensity of 3 in other areas in Hualien and Yilan, as well as in Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu County and Nantou County.
An intensity of 3 was recorded in Taichung, Hsinchu City, Keelung City and Taitung, Miaoli, Yunlin, Changhua and Chiayi counties.
