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5.9-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Taiwan
South China Morning Pot ^ | Wednesday, 21 May, 2014

Posted on 05/20/2014 7:57:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway

No reported casualties or damage as yet; epicentre said to be in southwest

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan today and shook buildings in the capital, the Seismology Centre said.

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The quake struck at 8.21am local time, with its epicentre 33.3 kilometres southwest of the eastern city of Hualien, at a depth of 18 kilometres, the centre said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; earthquake; quake; taiwan; temblor

1 posted on 05/20/2014 7:57:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Bush’s fault!


2 posted on 05/20/2014 7:58:16 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

A 5.9M doesn’t “rock” anything. That’s just a warm up act.


3 posted on 05/20/2014 8:02:29 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: 17th Miss Regt

And Obama is mad as hell about it!


4 posted on 05/20/2014 8:02:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: nickcarraway

China next ?


5 posted on 05/20/2014 8:05:02 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And Obama is mad as hell about it!

ya , I hear he threw his TV out the window


6 posted on 05/20/2014 8:05:21 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: nickcarraway

GODZILLA!!!!


7 posted on 05/20/2014 8:08:27 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
A 5.9M doesn’t “rock” anything. That’s just a warm up act.

Yep. I barely felt it and am about 60 miles from epicenter.

8 posted on 05/20/2014 8:12:59 PM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself- Mark Twain)
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“Yep. I barely felt it and am about 60 miles from epicenter.”
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We had a 6.3 about 100 km from here just a few days ago.
It consisted of two waves, just a few seconds apart. No damage.


9 posted on 05/20/2014 8:45:04 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: nickcarraway

I would like a 9.5 to rock the WH and only the WH. I would be satisfied if the whole building was turned to salt.


10 posted on 05/20/2014 10:32:09 PM PDT by funfan
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To: funfan

Or at least a couple of pillars of salt.


11 posted on 05/21/2014 1:15:23 AM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself- Mark Twain)
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