TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Yilan County experienced a magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 11:09 a.m. on Friday, according to the Central Weather Administration.
The epicenter was located 36.5 kilometers south-southeast of Yilan County Hall at a depth of 15.2 kilometers, the CWA said. Taiwan uses a scale of 1 to 7 to measure a quake's intensity at a specific location.
The quake registered a 4 in Yilan County and a 3 in Hualien County. An intensity level of 2 was recorded in New Taipei.
An intensity level of 1 was reported in Taoyuan, Taichung, Nantou County, Taipei, and Hsinchu County.
