On Tuesday, two earthquakes rocked the southwest coast of Taiwan that given the remembrance of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that had caused deaths of more than 200,000.
The first earthquake came with a magnitude 7.1, and the second one, which came after eight minutes of first one, has a magnitude 7.0.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, later, issued a possible threat of tsunami in Taiwan and the Philippines. However, a geologist, Rafael Abreu, confirmed that a tsunami was unlikely after the earthquake this time. He said that there is no threat of a Pacific-wide tsunami.
According to US Geological Survey scientists,
both quakes were centered to the south-southeast of the port city of Kaohsiung. The epicenter of the first quake was 57 miles away from Kaohsiung. However, the second was 43 miles away from there.
According to the Reuters, the earthquake also rocked Chinese city Xiamen, where buildings also shook.
Taiwan has an automatic and sophisticated earthquake sensing equipment and a sound warning network. In case of an earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center generates automatic alerts. However, the geologist denied later any possibility of Tsunami in the region.
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