Hundreds stranded and buildings collapse as Taiwan is hit by powerful earthquake

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Sky News

Sept. 18 2022

Taiwan has been rocked by a powerful earthquake which toppled a three-storey building, stranded around 400 tourists on a mountainside and knocked part of a passenger train off its tracks.

Footage shows the moment the 6.8 magnitude quake also caused the ceiling of a sports centre to collapse while people were playing badminton.

People are seen running to safety as parts of the ceiling crashed down on to the badminton court at the Taoyuan Bade Civil Sports Center in the northwest of the country.

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Most of the damage appeared to be north of the epicentre on the southeastern coast of the island, which Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said was in the town of Chishang at the relatively shallow depth of seven kilometres (four miles).

The three-storey building, which had a 7-Eleven convenience store on the ground floor and residences on the upper ones, collapsed in the Yuli township in Huadong Valley in the east of the country, the island's Central News Agency said.

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Sep 18, 2022 Footage of catastrophic 7.2 earthquake in Taiwan today! Huge damage

A powerful earthquake that strikes Southeast Taiwan causes bridges and buildings to collapse or sustain significant damage. The earthquake that occurred on Sunday was recorded by the USGS as having a magnitude of 7.2 and a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles), the epicenter of the quake was 85 km (53 miles) east of Yujing district in Taiwan.