A strong, 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck northeast off the island of Taiwan.
A bird's eye view showing Taipei City on 6 September 2013. Photo: AFP / Xinhua / Lu Peng
The epicentre was 106 kilometres northeast of the capital, Taipei.
The US Geological Survey said the quake was very deep - 254 kilometres below the seabed - which would have lessened its impact.
The earthquake struck about an hour-and-a-half ago, at 5.03am on Thursday (local time).
A screenshot from the US Geological Survey showing the location of today's earthquake. Photo: US Geological Survey
