At 1:15:35 this afternoon, an earthquake with a scale of 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Taitung County, with a maximum magnitude of 2 in Pingtung and a depth of 25.1 kilometers.

(taken from Central Weather Bureau)

[Reporter Chen Xinyu/Taipei Report] Today (12th) at 1:15 p.m., a 4.3-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Taitung, followed by a 4.4-scale earthquake at Sandimen, Pingtung. Chen Guochang, director of the Earthquake Forecasting Center of the bureau, said that there will be no aftershocks in the future, so there is no need to worry.

Chen Guochang said that today there were small and medium-sized earthquakes in the outer sea of ​​Taitung and in the Gaoping mountain area. The initial judgment was that it was caused by a shallow rupture zone. There will be no aftershocks, and it is a background earthquake.

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According to observations by the Central Meteorological Bureau, an earthquake with a scale of 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Taitung County at 1:15:35 this afternoon, with a maximum magnitude of 2 in Pingtung and a depth of 25.1 kilometers; The magnitude of the earthquake is 4.4, the maximum seismic intensity is high, Ping 3, and the depth is 18.3 kilometers.

At 1:15:53, an earthquake was also felt at Sandimen, Pingtung, with a magnitude of 4.4, a maximum magnitude of 3, and a depth of 18.3 kilometers.

(taken from Central Weather Bureau)