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Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits eastern seabed of Taiwan
2006-10-12 09:12:22 Xinhua English

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck a sea area east of Hualian off the east coast of Taiwan, on Thursday, according to the country's seismological monitoring network.

The tremor occurred at 22:46 p.m., with the epicenter of 122.6 east longitude and 24.1 north latitude, about 80 kilometers from the Island of Taiwan. Enditem

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