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Taiwan jolted by 5.9-magnitude earthquake

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-05 19:59

BEIJING: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan's Nantou County at 5:32 pm (Beijing time) Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.

Related readings:  5.1-magnitude earthquake hits NW China's Qinghai  Earthquake leaves 28 injured in SW China

No immediate reports of casualties or damage are available.

The epicenter was at 23.9 degrees north and 120.7 degrees east, with a depth of 7 km.

The tremor was also felt in Fuzhou, provincial capital of the Chinese mainland's Fujian Province, and Xiamen.