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To: PAUL ROBERTSON who wrote (80031)	12/18/2001 12:44:13 AM
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Breaking News Denver TV Reported as 7.3 in Japan Monday December 17 11:26 PM ET Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan, No Damage Reports TAIPEI (Reuters) - A strong earthquake registering 6.7 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked northern and eastern parts of Taiwan early on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the Central Weather Bureau said. The quake struck at 11:03 p.m. EST Monday and was centered about 87 miles east of the eastern county of Hualien, a bureau spokesman said. A spokesman for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chip maker, said production equipment at its plants in the northern city of Hsinchu was not affected. Television news network TVBS said the subway in capital Taipei halted operations. The quake caused office buildings in Taipei in the north of the island to shake for a few minutes, witnesses said. Taiwan lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific basin, and earthquakes occur frequently. An earthquake which registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, jolted Taiwan on September 21, 1999, killing 2,400 people and wrecking more than 50,000 buildings island-wide. dailynews.yahoo.com Monday December 17 11:52 PM ET Strong Japan Quake Causes Tsunami By KOZO MIZOGUCHI, Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - A fairly strong earthquake struck parts of southern Okinawa and Taiwan on Tuesday, generating small tsunami, or ocean waves caused by seismic activity, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake, which had an estimated preliminary magnitude of 7.3, was located off the coast of Taiwan and several small islands in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost state, Meteorological Agency officials in Tokyo said. The quake was centered about six miles under the sea floor about 90 miles west-southwest of Ishigaki island, which has a population of about 41,000. Japan's Meteorological Agency estimated the size of the tsunami at about 20 inches. Live video from Ishigaki showed no obvious damage, and all appeared calm. The video was broadcast on NHK, Japan's national television network. Officials in nearby Taiwan also reported feeling the earthquake, though they estimated that it had a 6.7-magnitude. In Taiwan, the tremor lasted long enough to shake and move objects on shelves and was felt more strongly in the northern half of the island. Mass rapid transit in the capital, Taipei, was temporarily halted following the quake. Every year, hundreds of earthquakes rattle the Okinawa area and Taiwan. Most of the tremors cause little or no damage. But two years ago, a 7.6-magnitude quake in central Taiwan killed about 2,400 people. dailynews.yahoo.com