Quake rattles Taiwan but no reports of damage

The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 11:05 a.m., was about 7 km (4.4 miles) east of the city of Yilan on the eastern coast, at a depth of 79 km (49 miles), the Central Weather Bureau said in a statement.

Earthquakes occur frequently in Taiwan, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin.

One of Taiwan’s worst-recorded quakes occurred in September 1999. Measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, it killed more than 2,400 people and destroyed or damaged 50,000 buildings.

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