The quake hit at 5:55 am (2155 GMT Thursday) and was centred 81 kilometres (50 miles) east of the city of Hualian at a depth of 10 kilometres, USGS said. That quake also raised questions over shoddy construction -- five people have been charged over the deadly building collapse. Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes. A 6.3-magnitude quake that hit central Taiwan in June 2013 killed four people and caused widespread landslides. The island's worst quake disaster came in September 1999 when a 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed around 2,400 people.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 25, 2016 00:03 UTC