A massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, at around 7:58 am, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 1,000 others.
The quake, the biggest in Taiwan in 25 years, damaged scores of buildings and triggered tsunami warnings across the island nation, as well as in Japan, China and the Philippines.
Taiwanese authorities said the quake’s tremors were felt across the country.
As the earthquake hit, videos and pictures flooded social media, showing buildings across Taiwan shaking wildly.
Local TV broadcasted scenes of buildings in Hualien and other areas tilting precariously after the tremors stopped.
A worker in a hospital in Taipei, Chang Yu-lin, told Reuters, “It was very strong. It felt as if the house was going to topple.”
“I wanted to run out, but I wasn’t dressed. That was so strong,” Kelvin Hwang, a hotel guest in Taipei, who took refuge in the lift lobby, said.
The quake triggered power outages in several parts of Taiwan, but power was restored in most areas by 10:30 am.
Three people were killed when boulders loosened by the earthquake fell on them while they were hiking, while a truck driver was killed when his vehicle was struck by a landslide near a tunnel in the region.
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