A magnitude <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/rescuers-in-taiwan-pull-out-survivors-from-quake-rubble-in-pictures-1.192735" target="_blank">5.6 earthquake struck Taiwan</a> on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The earthquake was 2 kilometres below the earth's surface. The earthquake came just a day after <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/asia/2022/09/18/japan-on-tsunami-alert-after-72-magnitude-earthquake-off-taiwan/" target="_blank">a 6.9 magnitude earthquake</a> hit the sparsely populated south-eastern part of Taiwan, the island's weather bureau said. Sunday's quake derailed train carriages, caused a convenience store to collapse and trapped hundreds of people on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude tremor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no casualties. The US Geological Survey measured it at a magnitude 7.2 and a depth of 10km. Taiwan's fire department said one person had died and 146 were injured by the quake.