Strong earthquake off Taiwan felt in China, Japan, Philippines

There were no reports of damage on the island as a result of Friday's earthquake.

Rescuers save two people trapped in an elevator in Hualien, Taiwan, after an earthquake struck Friday morning. Photo: Central News Agency

Among the affected countries are Japan and the Philippines.

Some residents along China's southeast coast, including Fujian province, said they were shocked.

“We were clearly shocked here in Quanzhou, as the water in my kettle kept trembling,” a resident of the Fujian port city wrote on Weibo.

The quake struck as Japan issued its first “super-tectonic” warning on Thursday, a week after a 7.1-magnitude quake struck the southwest of the country.

The alert was canceled after no abnormalities were observed following warnings of an increased risk of an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or 9 on the Richter scale as well as the risk of large tsunamis along the Nankai Trough, an unstable area on Japan's southwestern Pacific coast.

According to authorities in Taiwan, morning commuters in Taipei were affected by the earthquake. The Songshan-Xindian subway line was temporarily suspended, while the Wenhu line continued to operate, but at half speed.

The Central Earthquake Administration said about 14 earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 3.3 to 4.8 have been recorded near Hualien since the quake struck in the morning. At about 9:32 a.m., a 3.3-magnitude quake struck Yilan County, north of Hualien.

Taiwan has been hit by repeated earthquakes in recent months. In early April, a 7.3-magnitude quake struck the city of Hualien, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 1,000. Weeks later, aftershocks measuring 6.0 and 6.3 magnitudes struck the island again, causing two empty buildings to collapse.

According to statistics from the Central Water Authority, Taiwan has experienced about 50 earthquakes since last January.

Taiwan has seen an “abnormally high” number of earthquakes this year, most of which were aftershocks from April's 7.2-magnitude quake, Hsiao Nai-chi, deputy director of the Central Water Authority's earthquake center, told local media.

Although the latest quake struck near the surface, the possibility of aftershocks within three days cannot be completely ruled out, Kong Feng, an associate professor at China Agricultural University, told Cover News.

“But there is a high degree of uncertainty,” he said. “Although we can analyze and predict based on past shocks and geological structure, we cannot accurately predict the time, location and intensity of future earthquakes.”

Kong also said some buildings, roads and landscapes may have been damaged due to Hualien's frequent earthquakes, and warned people to be on the alert for geological disasters, including landslides, in the event of heavy rains.

During the April earthquake, many scenic spots in Hualien were damaged. Three hikers were killed by falling rocks on the popular Dekalon Trail in Taroko National Park, and a truck driver died when his car was crushed by rocks near a tunnel in Hualien.

In Taroko Park, more than 40 people, most of them tourists, were injured, and hundreds were evacuated.

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