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Taiwan suffered more than 80 earthquakes overnight
More than 80 earthquakes, the strongest measuring 6.3 magnitude, hit Taiwan's east coast starting from the evening of April 22 to the early morning of April 23.
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Why did Taiwan have little damage despite a strong earthquake?
Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and regularly exposed to earthquakes, Taiwan is carefully prepared to respond to this type of natural disaster.
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How did this building over 500 meters high still 'survive' after the strongest earthquake in 25 years in Taiwan?
Taiwan (China) just had the strongest earthquake in the past 25 years, but there is a building that is 500 meters high and still stands tall.
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Taiwan's anti-earthquake efforts after the 921 disaster
The earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people in 1999 prompted Taiwan to change its construction regulations and focus on strengthening against vibrati…
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Following Taiwan, earthquakes occurred in mainland China and Japan
A strong earthquake just shook Mangya City, northwest China this morning (April 4).
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Houses tilted and mountains collapsed during the Taiwan earthquake
The earthquake in eastern Taiwan caused landslides, many people were trapped in tilted buildings.
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Taiwan is shaken by an earthquake of 6 degrees
An earthquake of about 6 degrees shook the buildings in Taipei earlier this morning, there were no reports of damage and casualties.
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2 people died, 200 were injured after the quake shook Taiwan
The massive 6.4-magnitude 6/2 night earthquake left at least two people dead, 200 wounded, hundreds of people stranded in buildings that have fallen into disrepair.
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6.1 Richter earthquake rocked Taiwan
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook many parts of Taiwan, making people in Taipei feel vibrations.
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Strong earthquake shakes Taiwan
A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in northeastern Taiwan (China) on May 12. People in Taipei City also felt shaking.
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Houses crumbling after the earthquake in Taiwan
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck early this morning, damaging many buildings in southern Taiwan, including a collapsed 17-storey apartment building, leaving more than…
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4 Vietnamese were stranded in houses collapsed due to the Taiwan earthquake
At least four Vietnamese are trapped in a collapsed high-rise building in Tainan City, after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in the early morning of February 6.
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Taiwan shakes because of 6.7 Richter earthquake
At 13:43 Beijing time (12h 43 minutes in Vietnam) on June 2, in Taiwan's Nantou district (China), an earthquake with magnitude of 6.7 on Richter scale occurred, killing…
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Taiwan shook by the earthquake
Taiwan Weather Forecasting Agency (CWB) announces an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale. It happened in Binh Dong district in the morning of Februar…
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The magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Taiwan
Two earthquakes a few minutes apart occurred off the east coast of Taiwan on July 14, according to the Central Taiwan Climate Bureau (CWB).