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A strong earthquake rocks Taiwan, collapsing buildings and causing a tsunami
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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242411378/taiwan-earthquake-tsunami
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The quake hit near the eastern city of Hualien at 7:58am local time (2358 GMT) and had a magnitude of 7.4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, making it one of the island’s biggest in decades.
Images on television showed extensive damage, including buildings listing to the side after having been shaken off their foundations.
Bloomberg News reported that TSMC, the world’s leading maker of cutting edge microchips, evacuated production lines after the quake.
Soon after, Japan’s Meteorological Agency forecast a tsunami of up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa.
The Associated Press reports that a wave of 30 centimeters (about 1 feet) was detected on the coast of Yonaguni island about 15 minutes after the quake struck.
The Philippines issued a tsunami warning strongly advising people in four coastal areas to evacuate to higher ground or move inland.
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