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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Taiwan during the morning rush Wednesday, damaging buildings and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands.
A five-story building in lightly populated Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle. In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes. Schools evacuated their students to sports fields, equipping them with protective yellow head coverings. Many small children also wore motorcycle helmets to guard against falling objects amid continuing aftershocks.
Train service was suspended across the island of 23 million people, as was subway service in Taipei, where a newly constructed above-ground line partially separated. The national legislature, a converted school built before World War II, also had damage to walls and ceilings.
According to the report, about 15 minutes after the earthquake struck, a small 1-foot tsunami was detected on a Japanese island.
Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency rated the earthquake magnitude as 7.2.
Below are some of the videos and photos posted to social media.
#BREAKING: Multiple buildings have collapsed after a Pair of Massive 7.5 Earthquakes Strikes Triggering Tsunami Warnings
Currently, a pair of powerful, massive earthquakes has just occurred. The first one measured a magnitude of 7.5, followed by a 7.4… pic.twitter.com/XCKd7ocjel
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 3, 2024
One building was seen leaning precariously, as if it is about to topple over.
全台地震,震中花蓮芮氏6.8級,看起來情況相當嚴重,願台灣的朋友們安好 pic.twitter.com/8lh5wRp7MW
— 文昭談古論今 (@wenzhaocomment) April 3, 2024
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
震央花蓮 pic.twitter.com/aFDyDWcmpD
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
花蓮房子倒塌,有災情,大家有住在東部的朋友互相關心一下。 pic.twitter.com/TPEM02mPXT
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
WATCH: A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami#Taiwan #earthquake #TaiwanEarthquake #Tsunami #Japan
Read: https://t.co/zNAfmNWFfY pic.twitter.com/1aHO3Xjr35
— IndiaTV English (@indiatv) April 3, 2024
One post on social media warned, “There are landslides in the mountains, so please try not to walk on the mountain roads. There will be aftershocks, so be safe.”
山有坍方情形,大家盡量不要走山路,還有餘震,平安。 pic.twitter.com/y0p5GykRPN
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
剛剛台灣朋友發來的視頻,地震引起的滑坡 pic.twitter.com/L8zatofR72
— 文昭談古論今 (@wenzhaocomment) April 3, 2024
Other videos showed traffic driving on a bridge, and the street light poles were seen shaking.
台北街頭 pic.twitter.com/BErLViV0QX
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
高速公路視角 pic.twitter.com/bMjOpDgvFG
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
Imagine riding on a high-rail commuter train when an earthquake strikes:
Terrifying scene on the Taipei Metro during the Taiwan earthquake. pic.twitter.com/KHNMkp11F5
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) April 3, 2024
更正,是台北捷運文湖線
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
中和區中正員山路口環狀線斷裂 pic.twitter.com/kp69QhQaWH
— Northicewolf脫北者冰狼 (@northicewolf) April 3, 2024
#UPDATE: More video is emerging from Hualien Liyu Lake in Taiwan, shows violent shaking as live webcams capture the moment when the 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes, followed by aftershocks measuring 7.4 and 6.5. pic.twitter.com/fmV8RFfpWh
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 3, 2024
#UPDATE: The Tsunami Warning has been downgraded to a Tsunami Advisory. Waves of up to 1m or 3 feet are expected. Those near coastal areas, rivers, or lakes should evacuate to higher ground immediately.
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 3, 2024
Crazy footage coming out of Taiwan with the Water level changes due to the risk of tsunami…
A lot of eyes are on Okinawa in Japan right now as it seems to be the primary area to be potentially affected by the risk of a large scale tsunami#earthquake pic.twitter.com/XUjtf4MxvU— Wasi Shah PTI (@Wasi_S9) April 3, 2024
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