1 dead, 86 injured in Taiwan quake
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Some of the mainland's coastal regions were also jolted by the earthquake, but no casualties were reported.
Zhen Dafeng, a company manager in Xiamen, Fujian province, said he felt the building shaking several times while having a meeting with his colleagues in the morning.
"Some people walked downstairs and got to the open area for fear of being trapped in the building," he said.
An 18-story building in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, tilted after the quake occurred, news website fznews.com reported.
A woman wearing pajamas said the building's security staff told all residents to get downstairs immediately, the report said.
Wang Lilin, a resident in Pingtan county, Fujian, said he felt swaying while reading a book in his bed on the seventh floor of his apartment.
"Pingtan is the mainland's nearest region to Taiwan, so we are used to such slight rocking," he said, adding that he experienced such swaying many times before.
"Sometimes we can't tell the difference between a real earthquake and the passage of a heavy truck," he said.
Many Shanghai residents said online they also felt a slight tremor in the morning.
The eastern metropolis is 740 km from the epicenter in Nantou, so the earthquake would not cause much damage in Shanghai, an earthquake expert told the Eastday news website.
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