A strong earthquake occurred off the east coast of Taiwan. About this report Central Meteorological Department nationwide.

The tremor was recorded on Thursday, December 18, at 19:32 local time (14:32 Moscow time). Their magnitude reached 5.1, which seismologists consider a notable earthquake.
The epicenter of this phenomenon is 18.3 km northeast of Hualien County. The outbreak is located at a depth of 31.6 km. There were no reports of casualties or infrastructure damage from the quake.
Previously, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in Vanuatu. The earthquakes were recorded at 12:59 local time (04:59 Moscow time), their epicenter was located 82 km southeast of the city of Isangel with a population of about 1.5 thousand people. The origin of the earthquake was located at a depth of 52 km.











