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June 12, 2000

    

TAIPEI, JUNE 11 (AP) - A strong earthquake shook central Taiwan early Sunday, causing rockslides and injuring more than 20 people, officials and seismologists said.

     

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, struck an area 47 kilometers (28 miles) north of Mount Yu, the Central Weather Bureau said. Mount Yu, the highest mountain in Taiwan, is about 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Taipei.

     

The quake, which hit at 2:23 a.m. (1823 GMT Saturday) was the worst in Taiwan this year. It was followed by seven aftershocks with magnitudes of between 4 and 5, the bureau said.

     

The Disaster Rescue Center said more than 20 people were injured, with many hit by falling rocks on mountainous highways or falling objects at home.

     

State radio reported that a baby was injured when it was thrown out of his cradle by the quake.

    

Four college students on motorbikes were hit by falling rocks in a mountainous area. TVBS cable news quoted a student as saying one of them also suffered a dislocated jawbone when he yelled after being shocked by the quake.

    

All the quakes, including the first, were aftershocks of a 7.6-magnitude quake that devastated the region in September, killing 2,400 people and destroying thousands of homes.

     

Seismologist Lu Pei-ling said it is not unusual for aftershocks from a major tremor to last for a year or two.

     

The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado, measured the quake at magnitude 6.2. The Central Weather Bureau uses a different scale.

    

Located along the earthquake-prone Pacific Rim and crisscrossed by 51 fault lines, Taiwan is hit by scores of earthquakes each year, but few cause serious damage.      

 


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