Taiwan, April 03: A powerful earthquake occurred in Taiwan on Wednesday morning that caused buildings to collapse and prompted tsunami warnings in Japan and the Philippines.
At least four people have died and dozens more were injured due to the quake, officials said.
The quake hit near the eastern city of Hualien at 7:58am local time (2358 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, making it the strongest quake to hit since 1999. The depth was about 35 kilometers (22 miles), which is considered shallow.
Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude as 7.2.
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.
