China News Agency, Fuzhou, September 18 (Reporter Long Min) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan on the 18th, and the quake along the coast of Fujian was obvious.
The China Earthquake Networks officially determined that an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred in Hualien County, Taiwan (23.15 degrees north latitude, 121.30 degrees east longitude) at 14:44 on September 18, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
According to the quick report catalogue of China Earthquake Networks, a total of 293 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or above have occurred within 200 kilometers of the epicenter in the past five years. The largest earthquake is this one.
The night before, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Taitung County, Taiwan, and the quake was also felt in many coastal areas of Fujian.
After the earthquake, people in Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou and other places reported feeling the tremor.
Many people have uploaded video footage of the ceiling shaking at home on social networks.
Chen Jian, a citizen who lives in downtown Fuzhou, told reporters that the earthquake was strong and lasted for a long time, and the furniture in his home shook for a minute.
Yang Xiang, a resident of Xiamen, also said that the tremor was very obvious. "I woke up from my nap and turned on my mobile phone to find that it was caused by the earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan."
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