Large quake hits Taiwan

[The Spin Meister]

A 7.4 quake and several after shocks around 6 have hit central Taiwan. Buildings down, people trapped. Tsunami warnings issued.

Taiwan earthquake live updates: evacuations and tsunami warning in Japan; buildings collapsed in Taiwan

Power reportedly out in parts of Taipei as strong 7.7 magnitude quake triggers evacuations in Okinawa – follow the latest news

www.theguardian.com

 

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[Obliviax]

Sounds like they just revised it to a 7.7.

 

[Obliviax]

Looks like things are stabilizing

 

[91Joe95]

Damn global warming.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Some serious uplift there.

 

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[heckmans]

Was in Taiwan almost exactly a year ago. The company I just left had a factory there. It is definitely 2nd world. Some relatively nice parts, but a lot of tenement style buildings with nothing more than roofing made of corrugated metal. It wouldn't take much for many many people to be put in a very bad way. Hope for the best!

 

[RickinDayton]

Was in Taiwan almost exactly a year ago. The company I just left had a factory there. It is definitely 2nd world. Some relatively nice parts, but a lot of tenement style buildings with nothing more than roofing made of corrugated metal. It wouldn't take much for many many people to be put in a very bad way. Hope for the best!

We experienced an 8.2 earthquake on Guam while stationed there in the early 90s. They had lots of tremors while we were there, but only the one very large earthquake.

 

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