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Moderate tremor hits central Taiwan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-26 11:19

BEIJING: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Taiwan at 9:00 am Sunday (Beijing time), according to a statement of the China National Seismological Network.

The epicenter, which is 6 km deep, is located at 23.7 degrees north latitude and 121.0 degrees east longitude, about 40 km away from Nantou County in central Taiwan and 160 km from Taipei.

No casualties have been reported so far.