Taiwan earthquake: No tsunami threat to US west coast [Video]

There is no tsunami danger for Oregon, Washington, California, British Columbia or Alaska, the National Weather Service said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also said there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii or the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2 while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. The depth was about 35 kilometers (21 miles).

Television showed buildings in the eastern city of Hualien shaken off their foundations. Train service was suspended across the island of 23 million people, as was subway service in Taipei. The quake struck at 7:58 a.m. on the other side of the island from the capital, but was strong enough to knock items off shelves in the city.

The head of Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring bureau, Wu Chien-fu, said effects were detected as far away as Kinmen, a …