6,2 degrees hit Hualien County, Taiwan, and its focal depth was small, the island's meteorological and seismological service said.
The earthquake was felt shortly after noon (local time; at 06:00 Cyprus time) and its epicentre was located off the coast of Hualien. The focal depth was just six kilometres.
The Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) estimated for its part that the magnitude of the tremor was 6.1 degrees.
The earthquake was particularly felt in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
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