Greater than 80 earthquakes, the strongest of 6.3 magnitude, have struck Taiwan’s east coast and a few precipitated shaking of buildings within the capital Taipei, the island’s climate administration stated.
The quakes on Monday night time and into Tuesday morning have been centred on the largely rural jap county of Hualien, the place on April 3 not less than 14 individuals died after a 7.2 magnitude temblor. Taiwan has been jolted by tons of of aftershocks since then.
The fireplace division in Hualien stated early on Tuesday {that a} lodge which had already been broken on April 3 and was not in operation was now barely leaning on its aspect.
Nonetheless, there have been no reviews of any casualties.
Taiwan lies close to the junction of two tectonic plates and is liable to earthquakes.
Greater than 100 individuals have been killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, whereas a 7.3 magnitude quake killed greater than 2000 individuals in 1999.
