A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Taiwan Thursday morning, causing blackouts and disruption to public transport systems.
The Taiwan earthquake is the latest of a series of high impact earthquakes to strike around the globe in the past few months. Haiti, Chile, Japan, and now Taiwan.
According to reports from the U.S. Geological Survey the quake struck approximately 70 kilometers (40 miles) from the island’s second largest city Kaohsiung at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles). Kaohsiung is about 400 kilometres south of the capital Taipei.
As of yet no tsunami warning was issued. Neither were any deaths reported. However, at least 12 people suffered injuries according to Taiwanese authorities.
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