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Strong quake shakes Taiwan, no reports of damage
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-17 10:15 TAIPEI: A strong earthquake rattled Taiwan and southern Japanese islands on Monday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.7 after a first estimation of 6.9. Japan withdrew an earlier tsunami warning. Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin. Taiwan is recovering from a typhoon that struck on Aug 8, causing widespread mudslides and flooding. Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou has estimated the eventual death toll from the storm at more than 500. One of Taiwan's worst-recorded quakes occurred in September 1999. Measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, it killed more than 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 50,000 buildings. |