Taiwan shudders in quake

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(CNN) — A 5.6 bulk trembler struck off a seashore of Taiwan on Wednesday night, causing light jolt on a island, a U.S. Geological Survey and a Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau said.

The quake, centered in a Philippine Sea about 65 kilometers easterly of Taiwan’s easterly coast, did not poise any tsunami threat, a Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The jolt lasted reduction than a minute. No reports of vital repairs were reported.

Government officials on a island asked residents to be on warning for aftershocks.

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Journalist Andrew Lee contributed to this report


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