BREAKING NEWS – Taiwan Earthquake hits today December 19 2009. A Taiwan Earthquake near Hualien has hit today measuring 6.4.

Reports of injuries and damage are being covered by local news. Here is the latest.

LALATE BREAKING NEWS.

A 6.4 earthquake struck Taiwan Saturday night local time causing damage in the Taipei, the Hualien hotel, and injury. The Taiwan Earthquake’s depth was significant, 30 miles below the surface. No reports of tsunami alerts were issued. The quake is center roughly 15 miles off the coast of Taiwan.

Here are maps of the quake’s location:

Taiwan Earthquake Maps
Taiwan Earthquake Map 1
Taiwan Earthquake Map 2
Taiwan Earthquake Map 3
Taiwan Earthquake Map 4

USGS reports the following data:
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time

* Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 13:02:16 UTC
* Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 09:02:16 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 23.763°N, 121.689°E
Depth 44.6 km (27.7 miles)
Region TAIWAN
Distances 25 km (15 miles) SSE of Hua-lien, Taiwan
95 km (60 miles) S of Su-ao, Taiwan
110 km (70 miles) ESE of T’ai-chung, Taiwan
145 km (90 miles) S of T’AI-PEI, Taiwan

Damage is believe extensive and injuries are reported, but no deaths as of 7 am PST Saturday. A 2006 quake measuring 6.7 in the region lead to significant utilities outage.