Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits eastern Taiwan on Tuesday

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit eastern Taiwan early Tuesday morning.

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration said the quake struck near the eastern county of Hualien shortly after 2:30 a.m. local time.

The tremor registered an intensity of lower 5 in Hualien and 3 in Taipei, on Taiwan's seismic scale of zero to 7.

So far there have been no reports of damage.