TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit eastern Taiwan at 12:03 p.m. on Thursday (Dec. 15), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).

The epicenter of the temblor was 29.1 kilometers southeast of Hualien County Hall, with a shallow focal depth of 5.7 km. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of one to seven, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.

The earthquake’s intensity registered as a 5 in Hualien County and a 4 in Taitung County, Yilan County, Nantou County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Chiayi City, Taichung City, and Yunlin County. An intensity level of 3 was recorded in Kaohsiung City, Hsinchu County, Tainan City, New Taipei City, Miaoli County, Taoyuan City, and Pingtung County.

An intensity level of 2 was reported in Taipei City, Keelung City, Hsinchu City, and Penghu County.

Products fell from store shelves and some masonry dropped from buildings in Hualien City damaging some parked cars, but not harming any pedestrians. However, a group six of hikers on Yushan were struck by falling rocks, with five sustaining injuries, but they were able to make their way back down the mountain on foot.