Taiwan,
Jun
20:
A
magnitude
6.0
earthquake
struck
Taiwan
on
Monday
morning.
There
were
no
immediate
reports
of
damage
or
injuries.
The
quake
had
an
estimated
depth
of
10
kilometers
(6.2
miles),
according
to
the
US
Geological
Survey.
It
struck
38
kilometers
south
of
Hualien
city
in
Taiwan’s
east
at
9:05
a.m.
local
time
(0105
GMT).
A
second
smaller
tremor
hit
about
half
an
hour
later,
according
to
Taiwan’s
Central
Weather
Bureau.
No
tsunami
warnings
were
issued.
Taiwan
is
regularly
hit
by
earthquakesas
the
island
lies
near
the
junction
of
two
tectonic
plates.
More
than
100
people
were
killed
in
a
quake
in
southern
Taiwan
in
2016,
while
a
7.3
magnitude
quake
killed
more
than
2,000
people
in
1999.