Magnitude 6.9 TAIWAN
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at 12:34:13 UTC
News Release
The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A major earthquake occurred 70 km (45 miles) SSE of Kao-hsiung or 355 km (220 miles) SSW of T'AI-PEI, Taiwan at 6:34 AM MDT, Dec 26, 2006 (8:34 PM local time in Taiwan). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size.
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
