Taiwan rattled by 200 quakes in 2 days
TAIPEI—Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying and some tilting, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago.
The strongest, which the US Geological Survey measured at magnitude 6.1, hit around 2:30 a.m. followed minutes later by a 6.0 tremor.
Taipei’s Central Weather Administration put them at 6.0 and 6.3, respectively.
Authorities said there were no casualties reported so far, but the nonstop shaking meant a restless night even for those in the capital Taipei about 150 kilometers north, where walls and glass panels rattled in homes.
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“I was too scared to move and stayed in bed,” said office worker Kevin Lin, 53, in Taipei, who told AFP he was jolted awake by the intense quakes.
Around 8 a.m., a magnitude 5.8 tremor shook the capital as commuters made their way to work.
The tremors started Monday around 5 p.m. and by about 10:30 a.m. the next day the Central Weather Administration said it had recorded more than 200 quakes.
All originated from Hualien on Taiwan’s east coast, the epicenter of a magnitude 7.4 quake that hit the island on April 3. —AFP
