6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Taiwan, says USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck off the coast of Taiwan early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of fatalities or injuries, or major damage. The USGS said the quake, which it downgraded from an earlier estimate of magnitude 6.9, had a depth of 10km (six miles) and hit 70km south of Hualien City. An AFP reporter felt her building shaking a few minutes after 1:40 am (1740 GMT) in Taipei's Zhongshan district. Government-issued alerts sent people's cell phones blaring. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said an initial quake of 5.4-magnitude at occurred at…