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Taiwan was rocked by a powerful earthquake, causing damage to buildings in a southern city and generating a tsunami that reached Japanese islands.

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Taiwan earthquake news: The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, trapping dozens in quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. A tsunami warning was triggered but later lifted.

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people, trapping dozens in quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. A tsunami warning was triggered but later lifted. The quake, which also injured hundreds, was centered off the coast […]

Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was a magnitude of 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4.

A major earthquake rocked the east coast of Taiwan early Wednesday, rattling buildings across the island, killing at least four people and causing a tsunami that came ashore on Japan’s southern islands, authorities said.

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Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was a magnitude of 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4.

Taiwans strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush hour Wednesday, damaging buildings and highways and leaving nine people dead.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI