Taiwan 7.2 magnitude earthquake – in pictures
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed at least nine and injured hundreds, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the island
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A damaged building in Hualien, after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s east, prompting tsunami warnings for the island as well as parts of southern Japan and the Philippines
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Boulders block a road in Taichung
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Residents rescue a child from a partially collapsed building in Hualien
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Members of a search and rescue team outside a leaning building in Hualien
Photograph: AP
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A damaged building in Hualien, a popular tourist city on Taiwan’s eastern coast
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A building collapses during the earthquake in Hualien
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A damaged building in Hualien. Witnesses described driving while rocks dislodged from nearby mountains fell down around them
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Members of a rescue team search for survivors in a damaged building in Hualien
Photograph: HUALIEN FIRE DEPARTMENT/AFP/Getty Images
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A landslide caused by the earthquake in Xiulin, Hualien
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A damaged apartment in New Taipei City
Photograph: Fabian Hamacher/Reuters
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Rocks cover a section of a highway in Taichung
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Bottles are strewn on the floor of a supermarket in Yilan
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Members of a search and rescue team in the aftermath of the earthquake in Hualien
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A damaged building in Hualien. Although it was measured at 7.7 in Japan, Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency gave the magnitude of Wednesday’s quake as 7.2, making it Taiwan’s strongest since 1999
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Emergency workers assist a survivor after he was rescued from a damaged building in New Taipei City
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Emergency workers assist a survivor in New Taipei City. Damage was visible on some buildings in central Taipei
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Damage to buildings in the Xindian district of New Taipei City
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A damaged apartment in New Taipei City
Photograph: Fabian Hamacher/Reuters
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Debris in Hualien following the earthquake
Photograph: Hualien Fire Dept/Getty Images
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A woman stands near a partially collapsed building in Hualien. Hualien’s last big quake was in 2022, when a 6.9-magnitude tremblor toppled buildings and derailed a train,
Photograph: AP
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