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A video sharing old earthquake images in Japan has circulated online with a false claim they were taken after a 6.3-magnitude jolt hit the country on April 17. At least eight people were reported injured in the latest quake. Japan experiences around 1,500 earthquakes every year. The vast majority are mild, and even larger quakes usually cause little damage.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 has struck off the coast of Taiwan, triggering a tsunami warning in Japan that has forced thousands of people to urgently evacuate.
TAIPEI (Reuters) -A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, the strongest tremor to hit the island in at least 25 years, killing four people, injuring hundreds and sparking a tsunami warning for southern Japan and the Philippines that was later lifted. Taiwan's government said four people had died in the mountainous, sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien near where the epicentre was, with 711 injured. The fire department said 77 people remained trapped, some in collapsed buildings in Hualien.
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800 others.
Zahide Seker contemplated suicide many times after losing almost her entire family in Turkey's massive earthquake one year ago.I wanted to die many times," she said, breaking down in tears.