Hualien earthquake in Taiwan triggered by fault at sea: research

A study into the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Hualien County in eastern Taiwan in February found on Saturday that the cause of the temblor that took 17 lives was a fault line at sea instead of movement along the Milun Fault in downtown Hualien as was initially suspected.

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