An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 & depth 23.1km has struck a highly peopled area in the Taiwan region having the population: 22.4 million in China. GDACS approximations the likelihood for require of worldwide humanitarian intervention to be average.The earthquake occurred at morning 8 local time. At the moment a day, more people are at work & therefore more in danger to collapsing office buildings. For the period of traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges & other road infrastructure.
The earthquake hit 44km from the city of Ping-tung. The nearby more peopled places are Ch'-nu (20km), P'ai-wan-she (19km), T'ao-lin (12km), Tun-na-tsun (12km). It is a rocky region with a maximum altitude of 3702 m.
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