TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rescuers were planning to bring in heavy equipment on Saturday to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. Four more people remain missing on the same Shakadang Trail in Taroko National Park, famed for its rugged mountainous terrain. … Read more
Taiwanese authorities have yet to estimate how much it will cost to recover from the damage caused by the massive, deadly earthquake that struck the island on Wednesday, which collapsed buildings, felled water towers, and caused landslides that damaged roads and other infrastructure. Repair costs for the last earthquake of such a scale—in 1999 and … Read more
HUALIEN, Taiwan — Rescuers searched Thursday for dozens of people still missing a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, killed 10 people and left others stranded in remote areas. In the eastern coastal city of Hualien near the epicenter, workers used an excavator to stabilize the base of a damaged … Read more
When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, people inside the island’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, were protected by a large yellow pendulum at the building’s center that helped absorb the shock. Known as a “tuned mass damper” the 730-ton steel sphere is suspended between several floors at the top of the building, where it … Read more
Play video content Dashcam footage capturing the Taiwan earthquake shows just how terrifying it was for those caught in it … ’cause it sparked a rock slide, which crushed vehicles on the road down below. Check it out … you see several cars being pelted with boulders after the 7.4 magnitude quake. The footage kicks … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and dozens of workers at quarries stranded. Taiwan is no stranger to powerful earthquakes yet their toll on the high-tech island’s 23 million residents … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rescue efforts resumed at dawn Thursday to try to free more than 100 people who remained trapped after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan, as aftershocks continued to rattle the area around Hualien, the epicenter, and forecasts of rain raised concerns about more landslides. The efforts have been … Read more
Taiwan’s deadliest earthquake in recent history hit near the island’s west coast in 1935, killing more than 3,200 people, according to the Central Weather Administration. The USGS says the Hsinchu Taichung earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and was one of the world’s deadliest. More than 12,000 people were injured, and tens of thousands of … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan was struck Wednesday by its most powerful earthquake in a quarter of a century. At least nine people were killed and hundreds injured, buildings and highways damaged and train service interrupted. Taiwan is no stranger to powerful earthquakes yet their toll on the high-tech island’s 23 million residents has been relatively … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and leaving more than 50 others trapped in damaged buildings, tunnels and hiking trails as the tremor triggered tsunami warnings as far as Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake, the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 … Read more