Politics Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000 In this image taken from a video footage run by TVBS, a partially collapsed building is seen in Hualien, eastern ...

Wednesday’s earthquake measured 7.2, according to Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency, while he U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4. It damaged several buildings in Hualien but caused only ...

Taiwan’s worst quake in recent years struck on Sept. 21, 1999, with a magnitude of 7.7, causing 2,400 deaths, injuring around 100,000 and destroying thousands of buildings.

Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways. Credit: AP/Chiang Ying-ying By The Associated Press ...

Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways. Credit: AP/Johnson Lai By The Associated Press Updated ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Taiwan early Wednesday, rocking the entire island and collapsing buildings. Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa.

More: Powerful Taiwan earthquake kills 2, topples buildings Chen Kuo-chang, director of the Central Weather Bureau's Seismological Center, told the Taiwan News the possibility that the quake was a ...

Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2 while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4. 11 Cars on the road as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan, with tsunami warnings ...

This photo taken by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on April 3, 2024 shows a damaged building in Hualien, after a major earthquake hit Taiwan’s east.

Residents look on at a damaged building being demolished following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan on April 4, 2024. REUTERS. A further 646 people are still trapped, mostly in hotels in the ...

Taiwan was rocked Tuesday by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast. But the causalities and destruction are minimal compared to a devastating earthquake that the island nation in 1999.

Taiwan’s worst quake in recent years struck on Sept. 21, 1999, with a magnitude of 7.7, causing 2,400 deaths, injuring around 100,000 and destroying thousands of buildings. The economic fallout ...