Earthquake jolts northeastern Taiwan
( 2002-09-05 15:38 ) (7 )

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale rocked northeastern Taiwan Thursday, seismologists said. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

The tremor struck at 12:43 pm (0443 GMT) from an epicenter 13.1 kilometers (8.1 miles) northeast of Taiwan's northeastern town Nanao. It originated 11.5 kilometers below the earth's crust.

A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on March 31 killed five people and its aftershock on May 15, with a magnitude of 6.2, left a three-month-old boy dead.

A quake measuring 7.6 devastated central Taiwan on September 21, 1999, leaving 2,400 people dead and some 100,000 homeless.