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1 dead, 18 injured in Taiwan earthquake

2013-06-02 17:48 Xinhua     Web Editor: yaolan comment
Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, briefs the press about the Nantou quake, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

Lu Pei-ling, deputy director of the Taiwan Seismological Center, briefs the press about the Nantou quake, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 2, 2013. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

One person was killed and 18 injured, including one critically, after an earthquake struck Taiwan's Nantou County Sunday afternoon, according to the firefighting authorities of the island.

The earthquake was 6.7 magnitude according to the China Earthquake Networks Center while Taiwan's earthquake authorities measured it at 6.3.

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