China News Service, Fuzhou, December 10 (Reporter Long Min) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters of Taiwan's Yilan County on the evening of the 10th, and there are many earthquakes in the coastal areas of Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Ningde, Fujian.
According to the official measurement of China Earthquake Networks, at 21:19 on December 10, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the waters of Yilan County, Taiwan (24.74 degrees north latitude, 121.99 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 80 kilometers.
After the earthquake, people in many coastal areas such as Fuzhou and Ningde reported that they felt the tremor, and they logged on to the Internet to leave messages.
According to the Fujian Earthquake Information Service, the Hudong Branch Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, where the reporter is located, is 309 kilometers away from the epicenter, with an impact of about 3 degrees. A small number of people indoors felt static.
Xu Rong, who lives in a high-rise building in downtown Fuzhou, told a reporter from China News Agency that he was watching TV at home when he saw that the chandelier suddenly started shaking and lasted more than 10 seconds.
Chen Cheng, a citizen of Ningde, also said that after shaking his chair a few times, he opened the mobile app and learned that an earthquake occurred in Taiwan.
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