Needless to say everyone was tired in the office yesterday because of the 2am wake-up call. And no one enjoyed the tremors through out the day.
Taiwan Hit by Magnitude-6.3 Quake, Tremors in Taipei
By Tim Culpan and Peter S. Green
July 14 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan at about 2 a.m. local time today, and the temblor rattled windows and shook buildings in the capital of Taipei more than 100 kilometers away.
No major damage or injuries were reported as of 2:50 a.m. by the fire department in the eastern county of Yilan, close to the epicenter, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said. Taiwan’s weather service warned sea levels in coastal areas may change suddenly after the quake.
A temblor measuring magnitude-4.0 struck Yilan at 2:02 a.m., followed by the 6.3 shock off the east coast at 2:05 a.m., and aftershocks of 3.9 and 5.1 magnitude in the same area, Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau reported on its Web site.
The biggest of the three struck at a depth of about 25 kilometers (15 miles), about 135 kilometers south-southeast of Taipei, the U.S. Geologic Survey said on its Web site.
Taiwan is regularly struck by earthquakes. The most deadly in recent years, a 7.6-magnitude quake in September 1999, killed about 2,400 people and caused at least $9 billion in damage.
To contact the reporters on this story: Tim Culpan in Taipei at tculpan1@bloomberg.net; Peter S. Green in New York at psgreen@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: July 13, 2009 17:06 EDT
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=a23R4_HGnf7E
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