Japan’s Meteorological Company has issued a tsunami warning for Miyako island within the East China Sea following the quake, which hit the Yujing district in rural Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
Images confirmed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan following the highly effective earthquake. The USGS initially registered it at 7.2, earlier than downgrading it to six.9.
Three individuals are trapped below the rubble of 1 constructing, the island’s official Central Information Company (CNA) reported. A fourth individual was rescued.
About 20 passengers had been evacuated after a practice derailed within the space, however there have been no casualties from the incident, the Taiwan Railway Administration stated.
Kolas Yotaka, a former presidential spokeswoman who’s operating for native elections in Hualien county, stated that damages had been additionally reported at a neighborhood college.
