Taiwan jolted by 6.4-magnitude quake

Posted by PUPPETGOV on Mar 4th, 2010 and filed under Headlines, News, World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

A man points at a seismic chart at the Central Weather Bureau in Taipei after the quake struck.

~CNN

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries.

Taiwan’s interior ministry reported 11 minor injuries.

The quake struck at about 8:20 a.m. (7:20 p.m. Wednesday ET) in a mountainous region about 25 miles northwest of Taitung, on the southeast coast, and 40 miles east of Tainan and Kaohsiung on the southwest coast.

ARTICLE CONTINUES…

Related posts:

  1. 6.5-magnitude quake shakes Taiwan coast
  2. 6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Papua New Guinea
  3. 6.2-magnitude quake hits Costa Rica
  4. 6.2 mag. quake hits Southern Spain
  5. 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits California and Mexico
  6. Australian Goldfields rocked by largest earthquake in 50 years
  7. 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Pakistan

Leave a Reply

Photo Gallery

Watch videos at Vodpod and funny videos and more of my videos
Follow Puppetgovnews on Twitter Hosted by imgur.com







Log in / PUPPETGOV™