More than a dozen earthquakes, the strongest of 5.7 magnitude, struck Taiwan\u2019s east coast on Monday and some caused brief shaking in the capital Taipei, the island\u2019s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage.
\nThe quakes were centred on the largely rural eastern county of Hualien, where earlier this month at least 14 people died after a 7.2 magnitude temblor.
\nTaiwan has been jolted by hundreds of aftershocks since then.
\nTaiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes.
\nMore than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, while a 7.3 magnitude quake killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.
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More than a dozen earthquakes, with the strongest being 5.7 magnitude, hit Taiwan’s east coast on Monday. The quakes caused brief shaking in Taipei but no damage was reported. Taiwan has experienced numerous aftershocks since a deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake earlier in the month. Taiwan is located near tectonic plates and is susceptible to earthquakes, with past quakes causing significant loss of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1521,1469,2464,4777,7040,5527,4778,7495,339,18],"class_list":["post-9208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-1521","tag-coast","tag-damage","tag-earthquake","tag-earthquakes","tag-loss","tag-taiwan","tag-tectonic-plates","tag-weather","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n