Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage

A hotel, which is not in operation after it was previously damaged in an earlier quake on April 3, tilts to one side following a series of earthquakes, in Hualien, Taiwan April 23, 2024, in this still image taken from video. Taiwan National Fire Department/Handout via REUTERS

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations.

Largely rural and sparsely populated Hualien was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on April 3 that killed at least 17 people, and there have been more than 1,000 aftershocks since.