UNBconnect... - Moderate earthquake hits off eastern Taiwan

Parliament passes bill to modernize transport system of Dhaka City * * * AL does not believe in `appease India’ policy: PM * * * Construction of metro rail in capital to start very soon: PM * * * Stocks turn red; SEC to probe ‘unusual trading’ * * * CU BCL-Shibir clash kills 2 Shibir men, injures 25 * * * HC issues rule on govt over CMCH staff appointment * * * BB sits with MDs of banks Thursday * * * Green banking ‘can cope with varying environmental scenarios’ * * * WB to introduce citizen monitoring in its B’desh projects * * * Quader for political reform to fight corruption * * * Work on separate rail bridge beside Bangabandhu Bridge is on: Railway Minister * * * President appoints Rakib as new CEC * * * Firing won’t stop at border: BSF chief

< >

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

Moderate earthquake hits off eastern Taiwan

Reported by: AP/UNBconnect
Reported on: August 22, 2010 11:53 AM
Reported in: International

News - Moderate earthquake hits off eastern Taiwan

TAIPEI, AUG 22 (AP/UNB) - Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau says a moderate earthquake has struck off the eastern coast of the island. There have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The bureau says the quake registered magnitude 5.4, while the U.S. Geological Survey puts it at 5.0. The quake hit at 12:37 a.m. Sunday (1637 GMT Saturday), the bureau says. It says the earthquake was centered 22 miles (35 kilometers) east off eastern Taiwanese county of Hualien, some 85 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of the capital.

Earthquakes frequently rattle Taiwan but most are minor and cause little or no damage.
However, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan in 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.

Bookmark with