Taiwan earthquake

2022 - 9 - 18

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Tsunami warnings issued after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan (CNN)

Hazardous tsunami waves are possible along coastlines within a 300 kilometer radius of a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit south-eastern Taiwan on Sunday, ...

Photos showed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan following the powerful earthquake. Kolas Yotaka, a former presidential spokeswoman who is running for local elections in Hualien county, said that damages were also reported at a local school. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for Miyako island in the East China Sea following the quake, which hit the Yujing district in rural Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.

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Earthquake again felt in Taiwan's capital Taipei (Reuters)

Buildings shook again in Taipei on Sunday as another earthquake rattled the island, following a strong temblor earlier in the day with its epicentre in ...

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Strong Taiwan earthquake traps people and derails a train (NPR)

The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island's southeastern coast since Saturday evening, when a 6.4 quake struck the same ...

In Taoyuan city, west of Taipei and 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of the epicenter, a man was injured by a ceiling collapse on the 5th floor of a sports center. None of the 20 passengers were injured. They had no electricity and a weak cellphone signal.

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Southeastern Taiwan hit by strong earthquake, hundreds still trapped (Globalnews.ca)

The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no ...

Buildings shook briefly in the capital Taipei, and aftershocks have continued to jolt the island. Japan’s weather agency lifted a tsunami warning for part of Okinawa prefecture. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Taiwan after the tremor but later lifted the alert. The U.S. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no casualties. [earthquake](https://globalnews.ca/tag/earthquake) hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of [Taiwan](http://globalnews.ca/tag/taiwan) on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.

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Taiwan sees "widespread damage" from 6.8-magnitude earthquake (Axios)

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's southeastern coast on Sunday, collapsing a three-story building in the town of Yuli, derailing a train and stranding ...

[Japan's Meteorological Agency](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20220918-59162/)also issued a tsunami advisory for parts of Okinawa Prefecture. These candidates — nearly 1 in 3 GOP statewide candidates, These winds are already starting to take out large parts of the island's fragile electricity grid. [Trump's 2024 triumph](/2022/09/18/donald-trump-election-deniers-2024) [issued a tsunami warning](https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PHEB/2022/09/18/22261001/2/WEPA40/WEPA40.txt) after the quake but lifted it an hour later. [state-run news agency](https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202209180019).

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Latest and strongest earthquake causes damage in eastern Taiwan (The Guardian)

Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes Hualien, collapsing a bridge and three-storey building and derailing a train.

The shaking was felt at the north end of the island in the capital, Taipei. None of the 20 passengers were injured. The 70-year-old owner of the building and his wife were rescued first, but it took longer to get to a 39-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter.

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Deadly earthquake in Taiwan derails trains, strands hundreds | CBC ... (CBC.ca)

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-storey building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 ...

In Taoyuan city, west of Taipei and 210 kilometres north of the epicentre, a man was injured by a ceiling collapse on the fifth floor of a sports centre. None of the 20 passengers were injured. Outside, the pavement was broken into slabs of concrete.

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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Taiwan- EMSC (Reuters)

Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, in Yuli, Hualien county, Taiwan September 18, 2022.

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Taiwan shaken by over 70 earthquake aftershocks (Anadolu Agency)

ISTANBUL. Taiwan has witnessed more than 70 aftershocks following Sunday's powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake with the weather agency warning of more tremors ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. US Geological Survey said the earthquake hit Chishang township at 2.44 p.m. [aftershock](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=aftershock&tag=1) [Central Weather Bureau](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=Central+Weather+Bureau&tag=1) [earthquake](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=earthquake&tag=1) [Hualien county](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=Hualien+county&tag=1) [Taitung county](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=Taitung+county&tag=1) [Taiwan](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=Taiwan&tag=1) [US Geological Survey](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=US+Geological+Survey&tag=1) [Weather](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/search/?s=Weather&tag=1) It said the epicenter of the aftershock was located in Hualien's Zhuoxi township, with a depth of 13.4 km (8.4 miles). Please contact us for subscription options.](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/p/subscription/1001) Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Sunday in Beijing: "We hope people in the affected area will resume normal order of production and life as soon as possible." (0207GMT), a magnitude 5.9 aftershock hit Taiwan, said Central Weather Bureau (CWB), urging people to maintain guard. The CWB said the next three days may witness earthquakes exceeding a magnitude of 5. (0644GMT) on Sunday at a depth of 7 kilometers (4.4 miles). [World](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world), [Asia - Pacific](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific) A day earlier on Saturday, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit the island nations’ Guanshan township. Taiwan has witnessed more than 70 aftershocks following Sunday’s powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake with the weather agency warning of more tremors in the coming days.

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