Off the wire
• Three officials in E China under investigation for graft  • Internet changes community life in China  • Roundup: Singapore stocks end up 0.54 pct  • Plane passenger stands trial in China for opening hatch  • Weather information for Asia-Pacific cities  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- May 11  • China ready to strengthen ties with new British government, FM spokesperson  • Chinese couple holds "bike wedding"  • China raises retail oil price  • HK's major trade fairs in April attracts over 220,000 visitors  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD-Writethru: 5.0-magnitude quake hits sea off Taiwan: CENC

Xinhua, May 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake in the sea off Miaoli County in the northwest of Taiwan occurred at 4:38 p.m. Monday (Beijing Time), the China Earthquake Networks Center said.

The epicenter was monitored at 24.5 degrees north latitude and 120.6 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the center.

This is the fifth strongest earthquake within 30 kilometers since 1900, said Kevin Kuo, director of Taiwan's earthquake monitoring department. The strongest, measuring 6.0 magnitude, occurred on July 17, 1935.

Another earthquake measuring 4.2 magnitude jolted the same region at 4:53 p.m., at a depth of 5 kilometers, according to the Taiwan earthquake monitoring department.

No casualties has been reported. Endi