foreign news | Several earthquakes were felt in Taiwan

No casualties were reported in the quake, but further damage was done to two multi-storey buildings that were demolished after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the island earlier this month. At that time 13 people died and more than 1,000 people were injured due to the earthquake.

It was the most powerful earthquake to hit Taiwan in the last 25 years and hundreds of aftershocks were felt in its wake. The earthquake on Tuesday is also being considered in the same category.

Tuesday’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake was centered 28 kilometers south of Hualien City and at a depth of 10.7 kilometers, according to the USGS.

A half-dozen other earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 4.5 to 6, occurred near Hualien.

According to the Taiwan Earthquake Monitoring Center, the initial quake had a magnitude of 6.3. Slight differences in intensity recorded by different monitoring stations are common.

According to the Taiwan Center, the most powerful earthquakes measured 6.0 and 6.3, which struck at 2:26 a.m. and 2:32 a.m., respectively, late Monday night.

The administration has asked those whose houses were damaged in the previous earthquake to stay away from their homes until the aftershocks subside. Kuch people ne tab tak gharon se bahar apni car mein roukne kiya hai hai hai.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan in 1999 killed 2,400 people.

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