TAIPEI, Taiwan — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, based on the U.S. Geological Survey, leaving 15 folks with minor accidents.
The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. native time (1600 GMT Monday), with its epicenter 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of Yujing at a preliminary depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), USGS mentioned. Taiwan’s Central Climate Administration recorded a magnitude of 6.4.
There have been no quick reviews of deaths from the quake, although rescuers have been nonetheless assessing harm.
Taiwan’s hearth division mentioned 15 folks have been despatched to hospital for minor accidents. Amongst them have been six folks, together with one baby, who have been rescued from a collapsed home in Nanxi District, Tainan metropolis. The Zhuwei bridge on a provincial freeway was reported to be broken.
Final April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous jap coast of Hualien, killing at the very least 13 folks and injuring greater than 1,000 others. The strongest earthquake in 25 years was adopted by a whole bunch of aftershocks.
Taiwan lies alongside the Pacific “Ring of Hearth,” the road of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean the place many of the world’s earthquakes happen.
