TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred in the ocean about 375 kilometers south of Taiwan on Tuesday evening (Sept. 12), the Central Weather Bureau said.
The earthquake occurred after 7 p.m. at a depth of just under 95 km, about 10 km away from one of the Philippines’ Babuyan Islands in the country's north. The bureau gave the quake an intensity rating of 2 in most of Taiwan’s cities and countys south of Taichung, meaning it was “felt by many persons.”
Meanwhile the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology also reported the quake and gave it a “moderately strong” intensity rating for the Ilocos Norte and Cagayan municipalities. The rating indicates the quake was “felt generally by people indoors and by some people outdoors.”
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Earthquake Information No.1
Date and Time: 12 September 2023 - 07:03 PM
Magnitude = 6.4
Depth = 010 km
Location = 19.31°N, 121.09°E - 026 km N 29° W of Dalupiri Island (Calayan) (Cagayan)https://t.co/l0tn3VW8yw pic.twitter.com/qP9FOdw7MO
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