The quake was felt in the capital Taipei, where buildings shook for several minutes. Services on the southern half of Taiwan’s high-speed rail linking Taipei with the south were stopped.
Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin.
One of Taiwan’s worst-recorded quakes occurred in September 1999. Measuring 7.6, it killed more than 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 50,000 buildings.
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