The European Earthquake Center (EMSC) reports that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan today, Oct. The quake had a depth of 40 km (25 miles), and no damage was reported.
The Taipei News Agency reported. According to the Central Meteorological Agency (CWB) that this earthquake in size up to 6.5 magnitude in northeastern Taiwan It is 22.7 km south of Yilan County at a depth of 66.8 km.
The Central Meteorological Agency (CWB) in Taiwan classifies the earthquake intensity into seven levels. The 11 cities were most severely affected, level 4. including Yilan County, Hualien Province New Taipei City Taoyuan City Taipei City Taichung City Nantou City Hsinchu District Keelung City Miaoli District and Hsinchu City
followed by Level 3, Changhua Province, Yunlin Province, Taitung Province, Chiayi Province, and Chiayi City.
Level 2 is Kaohsiung City, Tainan City, Pingtung Province, and Penghu County.
As for the outer island of Lian Chiang, it had a severity level of 1.
No injuries were reported yet.
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