At least four earthquakes measuring above 5.6 on the Richter
scale jolted East China Sea in less than two hours on Friday
morning, China's Seismological Monitoring Network reported.
The epicenter, at 25.7 degrees north latitude and 125.1 degrees
east longitude, was about 350 km to the east of Taipei and about
450 km from the nearest coastline of the Chinese mainland, the
network said.
The first quake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck at 8:26 AM
(Beijing Time). The other three, with magnitudes of 5.6, 6.5 and
6.0, occurred at 8:31 AM., 9:46 AM and 10:23 AM respectively.
No casualties have been reported yet.
(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2007)