Magnitude 4.6 quake strikes off YilanStaff writer, with CNAA magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Taiwan at 11:09am today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the temblor was located at sea, about 36.5km south-southeast of Yilan County Hall at a depth of 15.2km, the agency said. The location of a magnitude 4.6 earthquake that struck off Yilan County at 11:09am today is pictured. Photo courtesy of the Central Weather AdministrationThe earthquake's intensity, which gauges the actual effects of a temblor, was highest in Yilan, where it measured 4 on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the CWA said. The quake also measured an intensity of 3 in Hualien County, 2 in New Taipei City and 1 in Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu County, Taichung and Nantou County, the CWA added.
