The tremor hit at 1:16 pm (0516 GMT) with an epicenter 11.6 kilometers (seven miles) northwest of Taitung, a city in southeastern Taiwan, the Seismology Center said.

The quake, originating 10.8 kilometers under the ground, followed a 6.6-Richter scale earthquake on December 10 which was the most powerful to have hit the island this year but caused only minor damage and injuries in southern Taiwan.

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