A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck at sea off the coast of eastern Taiwan at 12:03 p.m. Thursday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The earthquake was felt around the country, with the shaking lasting several seconds in the capital city Taipei. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The epicenter of the temblor was located at sea, about 29.1 kilometers southeast of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 5.7 km, the bureau’s Seismology Center said.

The earthquake’s intensity, which gauges the actual effect of a quake, reached 5-weak on Taiwan’s 7-tier intensity scale in Hualien County’s Shueilian Village and Yanliao Village.

The quake also measured an intensity of 4 in other areas in Hualien County, as well as in Taitung, Yilan, Nantou, Chiayi, Changhua and Yunlin counties and Chiayi and Taichung cities.

An intensity of 3 was recorded in Kaohsiung, Tainan, New Taipei and Taoyuan cities and Hsinchu, Miaoli and Pingtung counties.

An intensity of 2 was recorded in Taipei, Keelung and Hsinchu cities and Penghu County.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel