07 Dec 2008 21:43:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
TAIPEI, Dec 8 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 5:18 a.m. local time or 2118 GMT, was 59 km (37 miles) east of Hualien on the east coast, at a depth of 12 km, the Central Weather Bureau said in a statement.
Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin.
I was shaken awake this morning.. grabbed my alarm clock, 5.20am - mentally pictured my apartment collapsing into a heap, burying me in the process... then fell back asleep. Morbid I know..
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