1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (434+ words) A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck yesterday off eastern Indonesia, killing one person, damaging buildings and sending people running into the streets in panic. The early-morning tremor in the Molucca Sea between the Sulawesi and Maluku island groups triggered waves up to…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (328+ words) Prehistoric visitor'Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages A 9m brontosaurus inflatable sits on top of Chengcing Lake in Kaohsiung yesterday in observance of Children's Day on Saturday. The installation coincides with…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (281+ words) The weather in Taiwan is expected to become unstable as a frontal weather system approaches ahead of the Tomb Sweeping Festival from Friday to Monday next week, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. With the approach of a frontal…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (561+ words) Observations made by a satellite operated by the US and French space agencies shortly after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula last year are giving scientists a better understanding of how tsunamis originate and propagate. The researchers said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (106+ words) A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the coast of southeastern Taiwan at 12:23pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The epicenter of the quake was located at sea, about 65.7km northeast of Taitung County Hall, at a depth of 39.8km, the agency said....

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (360+ words) Taiwanese paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence that pythons up to 4m long inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene epoch, reporting their findings in the international scientific journal Historical Biology. National Taiwan University (NTU) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology associate professor Tsai…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (363+ words) Taiwanese paleontologists have discovered fossil evidence that pythons up to 4m long inhabited Taiwan during the Pleistocene epoch, reporting their findings in the international scientific journal Historical Biology. National Taiwan University (NTU) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology associate professor Tsai…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (147+ words) This afternoon's magnitude 5.6 earthquake in northeastern Taiwan was probably an aftershock of December's magnitude 7 quake, with further aftershocks possible, but likely minor, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Taiwan at 12:37pm, with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (120+ words) A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Yilan County at 12:37pm today, with clear shaking felt across much of northern Taiwan. There were no immediate reports of damage. The epicenter of the quake was 16.9km east-southeast of Yilan County Hall offshore…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (391+ words) The Central Weather Administration (CWA) said a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan yesterday was an independent event and part of a stress-adjustment process. The earthquake occurred at 4:47pm, with its epicenter at sea about 45.4km south of…...