[News] Tsunami alert as quake hits Taiwan

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http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake.ap/index.html

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- A powerful earthquake struck off southwestern Taiwan
on Tuesday, triggering a potentially destructive tsunami that was headed
toward the Philippines on the second anniversary of the deadly waves that
killed thousands in southern Asia.

No damage or injuries were immediately reported.

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said the quake measured magnitude 6.7, while
the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.1.

Japan's Meteorological Bureau said a one-meter (3.3-foot) -high tsunami was
headed toward the eastern coast of the Philippines.

"There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami," the bureau said,
saying waves were expected to hit Basco in the Philippines.

"However at some coasts, particularly those near the epicenter, higher
tsunami may arrive," it said. "Authorities should be aware of this
possibility."

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said an aftershock measuring 6.4 magnitude
struck a nearby area about nine minutes later.

The quakes hit on the second anniversary of a massive earthquake off
Indonesia that triggered a powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean which killed
230,000 people in a dozen countries.

Tuesday's quake was felt throughout Taiwan, Taiwan's weather bureau said. It
swayed buildings and knocked objects off the shelves in the capital, Taipei.

Phone lines were cut in southern Taiwan from Kaohsiung to Pingtung, possibly
hindering reports of damage by residents, the CTI Cable News reported.
Several high-rise hotels swayed violently in Kaohsiung, it said.

The tremor was centered at sea about 23 kilometers (13 miles) southwest of
Hengchun on the southern tip of Taiwan, the bureau said.

Hengchun is about 450 kilometers (260 miles) south of Taipei.


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