Taiwan Earthquake
Pictures of the devastation caused by the earthquake have emerged in Taiwan on Wednesday. An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude has occurred here. So far four people have died. This figure may still increase. Electricity supply has been disrupted. Train services have been suspended across the country.An earthquake shook Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Wednesday. Due to earthquake of 7.2 magnitude, large scale devastation has been seen there. Many tall buildings have collapsed due to this earthquake.
So far, four people have died, although this figure may increase further depending on the damage caused by the earthquake.Many pictures and videos of the earthquake have emerged from Hualien, Taiwan, in which buildings can be seen collapse. Many houses and buildings have been piled up like a pack of cards.
The earthquake has caused massive destruction in Taiwan. A picture of this earthquake is becoming increasingly viral on social media, in which a five-storey building has become tilted.
Due to the earthquake in Taiwan, electricity supply has been disrupted in many cities. Due to the earthquake, a tsunami alert has also been issued in the Philippines. Schools and government offices in Taiwan have been given the option to close their operations. Many historical heritages have also been damaged due to the earthquake.According to media reports, a school built before the Second World War in Taiwan has also been damaged by the earthquake.
Japan’s largest airline, Japan Airlines, has suspended all flight services from Okinawa and Kagoshima areas.Flight services going towards tsunami prone areas have been diverted. Army is being deployed in the areas affected by this terrible earthquake in Taiwan. There is a possibility of people being trapped in the buildings.Wu Chien Fu, director of the Seismology Center of the Central Weather Administration of Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, said that these earthquake tremors were felt throughout the country and on the surrounding islands.This earthquake in Taiwan is being described as the worst earthquake in 25 years
This earthquake in Taiwan was so powerful that its tremors were felt as far as Shanghai, China. Chinese media says that earthquake tremors were also felt in Fuzhou, Xiamen, Xuanzhou and Ningde of China. About 15 minutes after the earthquake in Taiwan, a tsunami wave about one foot high was seen on Yonagui Island in Japan.The earthquake that occurred in Taiwan on Wednesday has been described as the country’s worst earthquake in the last 25 years. Earlier in 1999, there was an earthquake in Nontu County, Taiwan, in which more than 2500 people died and more than 1300 people were injured.