Shallow magnitude 6.4 quake strikes Taiwan: USGS

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck 22 km (14 miles) east-northeast of Hua-lien in Taiwan at a depth of 1 km, the U.S Geological Survey said on Tuesday.

The tremor struck at 23:50 (15:50 GMT) about 20km (12 miles) off the island's east coast. According to some reports a Hotel collapsed after the tremors.

No other details were immediately available.

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On Sunday, another five shallow tremors struck within two hours of each other in the same area off Taiwan's east coast.

The island nation's worst tremor in recent decades was a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in September 1999 that killed more than 2,400 people.

(Inputs from Reuters)