A small earthquake struck off Taiwan's southeast coast on the evening of August 28, with no damage reported — routine seismic activity rather than a major event.

• The quake hit at 6:11 pm off the southeastern coast, with a magnitude of 3.8.
• Its center was about 43 km northeast of Taitung County's government offices, at a depth of 22 km.
• Taitung felt it most strongly, with weaker shaking in Hualien and only slight movement in Kaohsiung.
• Shaking at this level is felt indoors but rarely causes harm.

Outlook: Taiwan sits on an active fault zone and small quakes like this are common, so more minor tremors in the same area would not be unusual.