Experts predict more strong earthquakes in southern Taiwan

    BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Further earthquakes are likely to jolt southern Taiwan this week, following on from the two quakes that hit the island on Tuesday night, experts forecast.

Chinese mainland offers condolences to Taiwan quake victims

    BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland official on Wednesday conveyed condolences to victims in the earthquakes that occurred late Tuesday in the coastal areas near Pingtung County in southern Taiwan.

Earthquakes jolt South China Sea

    BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Two earthquakes -- the first measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale at 8:26 p.m. and the second measuring 6.7 at 8:34 p.m. -- hit the South China Sea on Tuesday, killing one person in Taiwan. 
 

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    The national earthquake observation network said the epicenter was located at 21.9 degrees north latitude and 120.6 degrees east longitude, said the China Seismological Bureau. Full Story

Earthquakes in sea areas near Taiwan kill 2

    BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Earthquakes that occurred from late Tuesday to early Wednesday in the coastal water near Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, have killed two and injured 42.

    The Pingtung County was the worst hit area by the earthquakes, followed by Kaohsiung County and Kaohsiung City.

Philippines says no tsunami threat after Taiwan quake

    MANILA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines said on Wednesday there is no tsunami heading towards it after a strong earthquake hit China's Taiwan Tuesday night.

    Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), denied some reports that a one-meter high tsunami is on its way to Basco, Batanes in the northernmost part of the Philippine islands, adding the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii did not release a tsunami warning. Full Story