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TAIPEI: A strong earthquake struck Taiwan on Monday, triggering rockslides on mountainside highways. But no major damage or injuries were immediately reported. The magnitude 6.3 tremor was centred at sea 25 km east of the north-eastern coastal town of Ilan, the Central Weather Bureau said. Ilan is about 120 km southeast of the capital Taipei. The tremor lasted more than 30 seconds and swayed buildings in the capital. It also triggered rockslides on several mountainside highways in eastern Taiwan, but no injuries were reported, according to state radio. The quake jolted central and northern parts of the island, the weather bureau said. Two aftershocks, of magnitudes 3.9 and 4.5, were also recorded, it said. Tremors frequently shake Taiwan, but most cause little or no damage (in the picture, a seismologist shows the seismographic activity on the open-ended Richter scale, in Taipei on Monday). — AP
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