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Taiwan struck by 5.8 magnitude earthquake, no immediate reports of damage

April 09, 2025 8:09 am

According to Taiwan’s fire department, no damage was reported in the 5.8 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday.

Roger, a failed drug dog, becomes a hero of Taiwan’s quake response

April 11, 2024 2:06 am

Roger was trained to look for survivors, but his handler, Lee Hsin Hung, suspected that this time he had found something else. He scrambled to where Roger was standing.

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Survivors of Taiwan's historic quake recall harrowing moments of tremors, being trapped under rocks

April 05, 2024 6:13 pm

The historic quake killed at least 12 people and injured more than 1,000. Several hundred people remained stranded after vital highways were damaged and the walls of some structures cracked.

Two Indians, who went missing after Taiwan earthquake, safe: MEA

April 04, 2024 7:16 pm

Rescuers searched for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years resulted in 10 casualties and over 1,000 injuries.

Netizens react to a dog 'sensing' Taiwan earthquake, alerting residents. Watch here

April 04, 2024 1:54 pm

A video posted on X shows a dog sensing the earthquake was about to hit Taiwan on Wednesday and alerting the residents inside the house.

Here's a look at the strongest earthquakes to hit Taiwan in recent times

April 03, 2024 12:52 pm

Over the decades several tremors have rocked Taiwan, which lies along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. Here's a look at the four strongest earthquakes that have rocked Taiwan in modern history

Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan, building collapses

September 18, 2022 3:55 pm

More than 600 people are trapped on the scenic Chike and Liushishi mountain areas by blocked roads, though there were no injuries and rescuers were working to reopen the roads, the department said.

Many of the missing were believed to be trapped in a 12-storey residential building that was tilting at a 45-degree angle.

Taiwan earthquake: Death toll rises to 7 as aftershocks hamper rescue operations

February 08, 2018 8:00 am

The coastal city of Hualien was hit by a magnitude 6.4 quake just before midnight (1600 GMT) on Tuesday that killed nine people and injured 265. Four buildings collapsed, officials said, and about 62 people were still missing.

At least 6 dead, 88 missing after strong quake hits Taiwan

February 07, 2018 8:30 pm

Video footage and photos showed several midsized buildings in worst-hit Hualien county leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass, bent iron beams and other debris.

Over 100 missing, 13 dead as strong quake rattles Taiwan

February 06, 2016 8:31 pm

About 2,000 firefighters and soldiers scrambled with ladders, cranes and other equipment to the ruins of the 17-floor residential building, which folded like an accordion onto its side after the quake struck.

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Taiwan earthquake traps people, derails train

September 18, 2022 8:32 pm

A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.

Buildings collapse as 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Taiwan; 2 dead, 150 missing

February 07, 2018 10:57 am

Video footage and photos showed several midsized buildings leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass, bent iron beams and other debris.