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Strong shaking was felt in Taipei, the capital, some 100 miles away, with aftershocks continued for roughly two hours. And there were reports in China that people as far away as Shanghai, about 500 miles to the north, could feel the earthquake.Images on television showed extensive damage, including buildings listing to the side after having been shaken off their foundations. The authorities suspended work and school in Hualien, an area with about 300,000 residents.
According to Taiwan media, the last earthquake of a magnitude 7 or greater to hit the island was the Sept. 21, 1999,"Jiji" earthquake that measured 7.3, which destroyed thousands of buildings and killed more than 2,400 people.. We don't know when, but we know it'll be at least 44 times stronger than Northridge and 11 times stronger than the Ridgecrest quakes in 2019.
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