() — Potentially dangerous tsunami waves are likely along coastlines within a 300-kilometer (186-mile) radius from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. USGS).
The earthquake struck Chishang Township in rural southeast Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Miyako Island in the East China Sea, but the agency scrapped the warning shortly after.
Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported that a cement factory worker in Yuli Township, Hualien County, was pronounced dead at a hospital after being hit by a machine during Sunday’s earthquake.
The photos showed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan after the powerful earthquake. The USGS initially recorded it at 7.2, before downgrading it to magnitude 6.9.
An aerial view shows a collapsed building after an earthquake in Yuli Township in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, on September 18, 2022. Credit: SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images
Three people are trapped under the rubble of a building, the island’s official Central News Agency (CNA) reported. A fourth person was rescued.
About 20 passengers were evacuated after a train derailed in the area, but there were no casualties from the incident, the Taiwan Railways Administration said.
Kolas Yotaka, a former presidential spokeswoman running for local elections in Hualien County, said damage was also reported at a local school.
A rescuer walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake in Yuli Township in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, on September 18, 2022. Credit: SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen activated the island’s Central Emergency Operations Center after the earthquake. Taiwanese residents have been asked to stay alert to avoid possible aftershocks, Tsai said in a recorded statement.
About 110 soldiers have also been deployed to Hualien County, along the island’s east coast, to help with disaster relief efforts, Taiwan Defense Ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said. .
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