Tainan: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the southern Taiwan city of Tainan at 7:49 p.m. Saturday, followed by another of magnitude 4.8 a minute later in the same area, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA).
According to Focus Taiwan, the epicenter of the larger quake was located 43.9 kilometers northeast of Tainan City Hall, in Dongshan District, occurring at a depth of 7.7 km. The intensity was highest in Tainan, Chiayi County, Chiayi City, Kaohsiung, Changhua County, and Yunlin County, measuring a 4 on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale.
Meanwhile, the smaller earthquake at 7:50 p.m. had its epicenter 42.6 km northeast of Tainan City Hall, also in Dongshan District, at a depth of 6.8 km, CWA data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage from the quakes.
Southern Taiwan has experienced several earthquakes recently, beginning with a magnitude 6.4 quake near the Chiayi County-Tainan border on January 21. Saturday's earthquakes were categorized as aftershocks of the Chiayi quake.