TAIPEI (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook Taiwan and stopped transport early Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, officials said.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 8:18 am (0018 GMT), was in mountains around the southern city of Kaohsiung at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) , the Central Weather Bureau said.
Taiwan still uses the Richter scale to measure earthquake intensity. The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 6.4, revised from an initial 6.5, and put the depth at 35 km (22 miles).
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