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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) – A strong earthquake struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, killing at least one person, bringing down a handful of buildings and tearing up roads but forecasters said the threat of a regional tsunami had passed.
The quake hit at 2:44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometers (30 m
World News - TAIPEI - A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, killing at least one person, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping people on a mountain. The weather bureau said the. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The US Geological Survey stated that a severe earthquake struck Taiwan's southeast coast on Sunday (Sept 18), damaging at least one building in a village.
The USGS reported that the earthquake struck at 2:44 pm at a depth of 10 km, about 50 km north of Taitung, AFP reported. The department initially marked the initial strength of the earthquake to be 7.2 magnitudes but later lowered it to 6.9, AFP reported.