SR 6.4 Earthquake Shake Taiwan

Taipei - An earthquake measuring 6.4 has rocked Taiwan SR and decide transportation, Thursday (4 / 3) morning. There are no reports of casualties or major damage.

"Center quake, which shook at 08.18 o'clock local time (07.18 GMT), located in the mountains around the city of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan at a depth of 5 kilometers," the Central Weather Bureau information local.

Taiwan still uses the Richter scale for measuring earthquake intensity. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, the earthquake force 6.4 SR. Level it is revised from the previous 6.5 release SR. Also mentioned the depth reached 35 kilometers.

The earthquake was felt in the capital Taipei, where many buildings shook for several minutes. Service in half the high-speed rail in southern Taiwan, which connects Taipei with the southern region to a halt.

Earthquakes often occur in Taiwan, which lies in the path of the current Pacific valley according to the science of earthquakes. One of the worst earthquake recorded in September 1999. 7.6 magnitude earthquake SR yangyang it, killing more than 2400 people and destroying or damaging thousands of buildings 50