Taiwan rattled by 6 Magnitude quake off northeast coast

The quake briefly shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake, some 20 km (12.4 miles) offshore from Yilan county, had a depth of 112 km (70 miles), the weather administration said.

the world's largest contract chipmaker whose factories are all on Taiwan's west coast, said the quake did not reach the threshold for evacuations at its sites.

Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes.

More than 100 people were killed in a quake in southern Taiwan in 2016, while a 7.3 magnitude quake killed more than 2,000 people in 1999.