Moderate earthquake jolts sea off Taiwan
2008-07-12 01:09:58 GMT 2008-07-12 09:09:58 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked the sea off Chengchun in Taiwan at 5:35 a.m. Saturday, according to the China National Seismological Network.
The epicenter was located at 21.1 degrees north latitude, 120.9degrees east longitude, according to the seismological authorities.
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