Buildings shook briefly in Taipei on Monday as a 6 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Lighting fixtures, paintings, and other hanging objects were seen swaying on video.
The quake had a depth of 6.8 km with its epicenter in Hualien county, a sparsely populated part of the island, the weather bureau said.Two aftershocks followed, one of them registering a magnitude 4.8.Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes. 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.
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