An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hits the coast of northern Taiwan

2015-09-16 2015-09-16T09:26:28Z

ArabiaWeather.com - The China Earthquake Networks Center announced that an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the sea near the coast of Yilan County in northeastern Taiwan on Wednesday morning.

The center said that the epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 7 km, at 24.3 degrees north latitude and 121.9 degrees east longitude.

The center stated that there has been no news so far of casualties or material losses.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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