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6.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Taiwan: CENC

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-6-2 14:17:11

Photo: China Earthquake Networks Center

Photo: China Earthquake Networks Center

Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)


 

Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, reviews the data of the Nantou quake, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, reviews the data of the Nantou quake, in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)


 


Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)


 


Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, briefs the press about the Nantou quake, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, briefs the press about the Nantou quake, in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)


 


Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Passengers change or return tickets at a high speed railway station in Taipei, Southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. A 6.7-magnitude quake jolted Nantou County in the central Taiwan Island Sunday afternoon, with no casualties reported. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)


 
 
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Nantou County of Taiwan at 1:43 pm Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 9 km, was monitored at about 23.9 degrees north latitude and 120.9 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.

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