A powerful earthquake shook Taiwan early on April 3, causing buildings to collapse and impacting the entire island, AP reported. According to Taiwan's earthquake monitoring agency, the magnitude of the quake was 7.2, while the US Geological Survey estimated it to be 7.5."
The head of Taipei's Seismology Centre told AFP that this earthquake was the strongest in 25 years.
The earthquake is close to land and it's shallow. It's felt all over Taiwan and offshore islands... it's the strongest in 25 years since the (1999) earthquake," Wu Chien-fu told reporters. He was referencing the devastating earthquake in September 1999, measuring 7.6 magnitude, which claimed the lives of 2,400 individuals, as the previous comparable event.
This video from a webcam facing the Taipei skyline shows the moment of a preliminary 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan just moments ago. pic.twitter.com/AQQ018DzBa
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