<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.6 </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/earthquakes" rel="" target="_blank" title="earthquake"><span>earthquake</span></a><span> hit </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/taiwan" rel="" target="_blank" title="Taiwan"><span>Taiwan</span></a><span> just off its north-east coast late on Saturday (Sunday AEST).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The earthquake struck at 11.05pm local time, 32 kilometres from the coastal town of Yilan.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tremors were felt across the island, including in the capital of Taipei, where buildings shook from the shock.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-government-overseas-travel-warnings/634f8186-3dee-4046-9c3c-db627e911c39" rel="" target="_blank" title="Planning a holiday next year? This is where the government really, really doesn't want you to go"><strong><span>Planning a holiday next year? This is where the government really, really doesn't want you to go</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One resident in Yilan County described how a building shook first vertically and then horizontally.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“It kept on shaking for a while. Then I ran out, but most people did not run out. I was scared," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The epicentre was 70 kilometres deep, and there were no immediate reports of widespread damage or casualties.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/a-magnitude-66-earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-taiwan/e895618c-33cd-499e-9614-211073b425f6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local television showed hanging TVs swaying inside an office building, and spilled cleaning products and broken bottles that had fallen off supermarket shelves.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a social media post, Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te urged residents to be alert for possible aftershocks.</span></div></div>