CHINA / Taiwan, HK, Macao

Earthquake jolts seas near Taiwan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-07 13:40

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the sea waters south of Taiwan at 9:55 a.m. (Hong Kong time) Sunday.

According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the epicenter was initially determined to be 21.5 north latitude and 120.7 east longitude, about 130 kilometers southeast of Kaohsiung.