A strong earthquake in Taiwan was reported early Thursday morning. It registered at 6.4 according to the USGS. The earthquake took place in southern Taiwan, 25 miles from T’ai-tung, Taiwan.

Reuters says that there are no initial reports of damage.

Taiwan was hit by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in September 1999 that killed more than 2,000 people.

Today at 18:05:02 UTC (Tuesday 02:05:02 AM local time) an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan. USGS reports the depth to be 24.7 KM deep.

According to reports by Twitter users, the earthquake was felt as far away as Taipei, 135 km from the epicenter. No tsunami warnings were issued following the earthquake. Currently there are no reports of any damage.