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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Strong undersea earthquake jolts Taiwan

A strong undersea earthquake hit eastern Taiwan Wednesday, and there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties, according to reports from Taipei.

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A strong undersea earthquake hit eastern Taiwan Wednesday, and there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties, according to reports from Taipei.

The earthquake registering 6.0 on the Richter scale struck at 11:24 a.m. local time (0324 GMT), was about 76 km southeast of Hualien on the eastern coast, at a depth of 4 km, Taiwan's CentralWeather Bureau said in a statement.

Local reports said the quiver was strong enough to shake buildings in Taipei, about 120 kilometers northwest of Hualien.

Earthquakes were very frequent in Taiwan, while most were minorand struck deeply underneath and caused little damages, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in September 1999 killed more than 2,000 people.

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