April 20, 2015 Earthquake: Taipei, Taiwan

One person killed and at least 1 injured in Xinzhuang. At least 19 buildings damaged in Yilan. Felt (IV) at Sanchong, Taoyuan, Xindian and Yonghe; (III) at Hsinchu, Tainan and Xizhi. Felt in many parts of Taiwan. Also felt at Xiamen, Fujian and at Ningbo, Zhejiang. Recorded (4 TAP) in Yilan; (3 TAP) in Changhua, Hualien, Nantou and Yunlin; (2 TAP) in Chiayi, Hsinchu, Miaoli and Taitung; (1 TAP) in Pingtung. Recorded (4 JMA) on Yonaguni-jima, Ryukyu Islands. Chungho, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan - CDI: 5; Tanshui, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan - CDI: 5; Yungho, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan - CDI: 5; Keelung, Keelung Shih, Taiwan - CDI: 4; Taipei, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)

One man died and another was hospitalised today after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that also set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked a short-lived tsunami warning in far southwestern Japan. No damage was reported in Japan, but a four-storey apartment building in New Taipei City caught fire after an electrical box outside the block exploded in the quake. A 65-year-old man who lived in the building "showed no signs of life" at the scene, the fire service said. Another 18-year-old resident remains in hospital with smoke inhalation, but he is not in a serious condition, the fire service said. (reference #11196)