Six mild earthquakes frequented eastern Taiwan Saturday morning,
with the strongest measured around 4.4 Richter scale, Taiwan's
local media reported.
Among the six earthquakes, the epicenter of five were around the
Taitung's Chenggong seismic station and all were measured above
four Richter scale, the local media reported.
The strongest, measured around 4.4 Richter scale, occurred at
2:23 a.m., with its epicenter located at 4.7 kilometers northwest
of Taitung's Chenggong seismic station and with a depth of 19.4
kilometers.
Only one of the six occurred at Hualien, the local media
reported, saying it was measured at 3.8 Richter scale, with
epicenter located at 10.1 kilometers south of Hualien's Yuli
seismic station.
Taiwan's meteorological authority promised to keep a close watch
on the following development since the earthquakes are so frequent,
the local media reported.
(Xinhua News Agency March 24, 2007)