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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.

The US Geological Survey issued a Tsunami warning after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, followed by many powerful aftershocks, struck Taiwan

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