(Taipei) Taiwan was hit at dawn on Saturday by a new series of earthquakes, the strongest having reached a magnitude of 6.1, announced the Taiwanese Central Meteorological Agency.
However, no tsunami warning was issued and authorities did not report any possible casualties or damage.
This island had already been shaken on Tuesday by dozens of earthquakes, including one of magnitude 6.3. The government had stressed that these were aftershocks of the April 3 earthquake of magnitude 7.4, “the strongest in 25 years” in Taiwan, which left at least 17 dead and more than 1,100 injured.
From the early hours of Saturday, a total of ten tremors were recorded, the meteorological agency said.
The strongest occurred at sea not far from the Hualien region at 2:21 a.m. (2:21 p.m. Eastern time Friday), at a depth of 24.9 km, and triggered alarms on mobile phones in the area. capital Taipei, according to an AFP journalist.
It was followed by several smaller ones before another strong earthquake at 2:49 a.m. (2:49 p.m. Eastern Time), which occurred on land this time, about 40 kilometers from the city of Hualien , at a depth of 18.9 kilometers.