India, Dec. 27 -- A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hit Taiwan on Saturday, according to the country's weather agency.

According to Taiwan's central weather agency, the earthquake hit Taiwan's northeastern coastal city of Yilan at 23:05 pm on Saturday (local time). The epicentre of the quake was 32.3 kilometre east of Yilan County Hall.

The exact coordinates of the epicentre were 24.69degN, 122.08degE and the focal depth of the earthquake was 72.8 km.

According to Taiwan's National Fire Agency, damage assessment was underway. No tsunami alert was issued after the quake.

Since the earthquake hit late at night, the fire agency also shared the "safest way to respone" on X (formerly Twitter) after the quake. The agency asked people to ...