An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck a sea
area east of Hualian off the east coast of Taiwan, on Thursday,
according to the country's seismological monitoring network.
The tremor occurred at 22:46 PM, with the epicenter of 122.6
east longitude and 24.1 north latitude, about 80 kilometers from
the Island of Taiwan.
(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2006)