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To: Stephen who wrote (47196)	11/1/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50808

(OT or not...) Strong earthquake hits offshore Taiwan [Bad for those ocean-going fabs...] TAIPEI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean early on Tuesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. State radio, quoting government seismologists, said the strongest magnitude on Taiwan Island itself was in Hualien, a seismically-active area on the eastern shore. In the capital Taipei, the quake jarred residents from their sleep and set off car alarms. 13:56 11-01-99 on September 21, in which 2,405 people died across the island and which caused an estimated $14 billion in damage losses. Some 254 people were killed on October 22 after a tremor measuring 6.4 on the open-ended Richter scale centred near the south-central city of Chiayi. The september quake measured 7.4. 14:00 11-01-99