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A massive Magnited 7.4 earthquake hit Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at least nine people and injuring several others |
The earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday was the strongest the country has seen in the last 25 years. The country was also hit by multiple aftershocks
Taiwan's fire department said that nine people died in Hualien County which was the epicenter of the earthquake that struck around 8 am on Wednesday
Taiwan's worst earthquake in recent years struck on September 21, 1999 with a magnitude of 7.7, causing 2,400 deaths, injuring around 1,00,000 and destroying thousands of buildings |
Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency measured the Wednesday quake at Magnitude 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4
The earthquake was caught on multiple videos that showed scary scenes that the strong jolts led to
Several multi-storey buildings were damaged and dangerously tilted in parts of Taiwan after the earthquake
In 2018, a deadly earthquake collapsed a historic hotel and other buildings in Hualien
Schools evacuated students to sports fields, handing them protective yellow head coverings to guard against falling objects amid continuing aftershocks
Train service was suspended across the island which houses 23 million people, as was subway service in Taipei, where a newly constructed above-ground line partially separated