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9 dead, more than 800 injured in Taiwan quake, tsunami warning lifted

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• undefined 03 Apr 2024, (अपडेटेड 03 Apr 2024, 4:23 PM IST)

Wednesday's early morning quake damaged buildings and left people trapped in tunnels as 34 aftershocks hit one after another

Television channels in Taiwan aired footage of collapsed buildings in Hualien close to the quake’s epicenter and reported people trapped.

Nine persons are reported dead and 50 injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, said to be the strongest in 25 years, that struck Taipei offshore in Taiwan on Wednesday (Source: X).

About nine persons were feared dead and more than 900 injured as a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, said to be the strongest in 25 years, struck offshore in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, damaging buildings and triggering tsunami warnings for Japan and the Philippines.

Even as the Central Weather Station said 76 aftershocks were recorded in less than five hours, scenes of devastation unfolded, with tall buildings swaying, some leaning sideways, roads developing cracks, and landslides hitting parts of the east coast that has been impacted the most by the tremblor.

Television channels in Taiwan aired footage of collapsed buildings in Hualien close to the quake’s epicenter and reported people trapped.

The National Fire Agency said many people were trapped in tunnels, which included the Renqing Tunnel and Qingshui Tunnel.

Rescuers were pulling out people trapped in collapsed buildings