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Death toll rises to 9 after powerful earthquake hits Taiwan

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In this photo released by the National Fire Agency, members of a search and rescue team prepare to enter a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century rocked the island during the morning rush Wednesday, damaging buildings and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands (Courtesy of Taiwan's National Fire Agency).
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At least nine people are dead after a powerful earthquake struck the east coast of Taiwan early Wednesday.

It’s the strongest earthquake to hit the region in the last 25 years.

Early figures say nearly 900 people have been injured. Officials are aware of at least 70 people who are trapped in debris.

The quake struck around 8 a.m. local time and left the region’s infrastructure heavily damaged.

In one photo, a five-storey building can be seen precariously leaning at a 45-degree angle after its first floor collapsed, dropping the building an entire floor. Officials say the image was taken in Hualien County, a coastal region near the earthquake’s epicentre.

Japan said a tsunami of about 30 cm was measured on one island.

The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says no tsunami is expected along the west coast of Canada or the United States.

Earthquake monitors in Taiwan call this quake a magnitude 7.2, while the U.S. Geological Survey has put that figure slightly higher, at 7.4.

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