Quake hits sea area off Taiwan

BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Chinese media) -- A 5.0 magnitude

earthquake hit a sea area east of Hualien of Taiwan at 6:04 a.m. Sunday Beijing

Time, according to the China Earthquake Administration.

The quake struck the area 24.2 degrees north latitude and

121.8 degrees east longitude at a depth of around 10 km.