China News Service, Taipei, September 26-An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 6:21 on the 26th in Hualien County, Taiwan, with a focal depth of 45 kilometers.
There are currently no disaster reports.
According to information released by the Meteorological Department of the Taiwan authorities, the entire Taiwanese felt the earthquake. Hualien, Yilan, and Hsinchu felt the most obvious, with the largest earthquake intensity of magnitude 4.
Taiwan media reported that the shaking of the house lasted for about 1 minute, and many people said they were awakened.
Analysis by the Meteorological Department indicated that the earthquake belonged to a subduction zone earthquake and was the largest subduction zone earthquake in the area since 1973.
At present, the number of aftershocks is not large, but it cannot be ruled out that there will be earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 4 on the Richter scale in the next two days.
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