Taiwan earthquake tremors recorded in county Clare
The earthquake occurred in a remote part of Taiwan over over 10,000 km away
An earthquake which struck Taiwan measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale was picked up by instruments in North Clare - over 10,000km away.
Burren Geo Park shared a picture of data from their seismometer, which registered the major earthquake from 10,253km away.
The powerful earthquake struck Taiwan around 8am local time this Wednesday morning, April 3, during rush hour.
Nine people have been reported killed with almost 800 people injured and many still missing.
Authorities in Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines initially issued tsunami warnings but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said the threat had "largely passed" by around 10am local time, or 3am Irish time.
The tremors were also detected by seismometers around Ireland, including one in St Columbo's College, a secondary school in Donegal.