A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.
A powerful earthquake rocked the entire island of Taiwan early Wednesday, collapsing buildings in a southern city and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japan ese islands. The USGS reported that the magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck just before 5 p.m. PT Tuesday, which is 8 a.m. local time in Taiwan . Another 6.5 magnitude quake occurred just after 5:10 p.m. PT.
A five-story building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle. In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes. Train and subway services were suspended temporarily, but things quickly returned to normal in the capital
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