TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 3.1 earthquake jolted the Greater Taipei area at 9:08 a.m. on Friday morning (Feb. 17), according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
The epicenter of the temblor was 14.1 km north of Taipei City Hall at a shallow focal depth of 4.8 km. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7 that gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.
The quake’s intensity registered a 3 in Taipei City and New Taipei City. No injuries or damage from the quake had been reported at the time of publication.
