The earthquake rocked Taipei

This morning, a moderate earthquake shocked the Taipei City in Taiwan. This event took place less than a month after the earthquake here disrupted the Internet in Asia.

A corner of Taipei City.
(Photo: Sixq)

The latest epicenter of the earthquake has not yet been identified, as well as information about the loss of people and of the event. The earthquake occurred at 1110 local time (10h10 'Hanoi time).

Previously, a strong earthquake of about 7.2 on the Richter scale on December 26 has severed some routes of the Hong Kong optical fiber belt - China - Taiwan and significantly affected all service providers. in Asia. In 2003, the earthquake in Taiwan also severed three cables connecting China to some other countries, causing information to stall for nearly a month.

Taiwan lies on the unstable area of ​​the Pacific so earthquakes often occur. One of the biggest disasters is the September 1999 strong magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 2,400 people and damaged 50,000 homes.

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