VIDEO: Expert says large quakes pose biggest threat to Taipei


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People should worry about Taipei not Hualien when big earthquakes occur A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s eastern coast on Monday evening, followed by an aftershock of magnitude 5.1 on Tuesday. Experts say a large quake in the future could cause serious damage in Taipei, because the city lies in a basin. Chandeliers were shaking crazily at this banquet hall when a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday. Central Weather Bureau seismologist Chiu Chun-ta says it was an aftershock to the earthquake on Monday which registered at 6.0 on the Richter scale. National Central University Professor C.T. Lee says...