The quake struck at 12:08 pm (04:08 GMT), with an epicenter 109 kilometres (68 miles) northeast of Suao along the northeastern coast. Its focus was 58 kilometers below sea level.

It was measured at 5.0 on the Richter scale in eastern Ilan and Hualien counties and 4.0 in the capital Taipei.

No immediate damage was reported.

All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.