Taiwanese meteorological authorities announced that there was an earthquake off the eastern coast of Taiwan at around 3:23 pm on the 9th of Japan time.
According to the observations of the Central Meteorological Bureau of Taiwan, the epicenter is estimated to be about 90 km off the coast of Hualien County in eastern Taiwan, the depth of the epicenter is about 28 km, and the magnitude indicating the magnitude of the earthquake is estimated to be 6.1.
In addition to Hualien County, we observed seismic intensity 3 tremors in Yilan County, New Taipei City, Taipei City, and Taitung County.
Even at the NHK Taipei branch office, I felt a roll for several tens of seconds, but nothing fell off the shelves.
Even the announcement of the Earthquake Early Warning was not observed with strong shaking, and there were few observation points and the forecast was excessive.
We also observed shaking with a seismic intensity of 3 on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture.
Due to this earthquake, there may be a change in the tide level of less than 20 cm between the main island of Okinawa and the Miyakojima / Yaeyama region for the next few hours, but there is no concern about tsunami damage.
The Japan Meteorological Agency predicted a magnitude of 8.0 for this earthquake, and issued an Earthquake Early Warning saying that strong tremors are expected in the Yaeyama and Miyakojima regions of Okinawa Prefecture, but no strong tremors with a seismic intensity of 5 lower or higher were observed. bottom.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, "Earthquake Early Warning predicts shaking in a short time immediately after an earthquake, so there may be an error of about one step in the seismic intensity. Has become excessive. Please be wary of strong shaking when breaking news comes out. "