A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Taiwan on Thursday morning, causing minor building sway in Taipei but no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake, which hit Dapu township in Chiayi county, was followed by numerous smaller aftershocks. This latest tremor comes after a series of seismic events, including a powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake on January 21 that caused significant damage and injuries.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future. The biggest of the quakes hit at 10:11 a.m. (0211 GMT) in Chiayi county’s Dapu township at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), according to the Central Weather Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter was about 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of the capital, Taipei, where buildings swayed slightly. That was followed shortly afterward by at least a dozen smaller quakes in Dapu. No damage or casualties were immediately reported. All were aftershocks from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Dapu on January 21 and sent 15 people to the hospital with minor injuries and damaged buildings and a highway bridge. That earthquake also injured more than 1,000 others, collapsed a hotel and forced the closure of Toroko National Park. That was the strongest earthquake in 25 years and was followed by hundreds of aftershocks. Taiwan is going through a period of increased seismic activity that could lead to further aftershocks or new quakes, according to the CWA and earthquake experts. Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world’s earthquakes occur
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