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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Taiwan earthquake for Tuesday, April 2. For the latest news on the quake, please see today's live file for Wednesday, April 3. A powerful 7.4 ...
Several homes in southern Taiwan have completely collapsed after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck after midnight on January 21. Despite the damage to dozens of structures, no deaths or serious ...
In the early hours of January 21, a powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Chiayi, Taiwan, forcing leading semiconductor manufacturers—TSMC, UMC, and Innolux—to implement precautionary ...
Taiwan’s iconic Taipei 101, one of the world’s tallest, contains a large “damping ball’, designed to prevent the building from swaying during earthquakes.
Taiwan experienced a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on April 3, the country's strongest in 25 years. The quake killed at least 10 people and injured over 900, while some are still missing.
Taiwan’s 921 Earthquake, named after the date it took place on September 21, 1999, was 7.7 in magnitude and left more than 2,400 people dead and around 11,300 injured.
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain rapidly recovered within a remarkably short span following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the eastern county of Hualien on April 3.
Taiwan and its surrounding waters have registered about 2,000 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1980, and more than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude above 5.5, according to the ...
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake followed by aftershocks struck Taiwan's eastern coast on Wednesday morning, killing 10 people and injuring more than 1,000.
Hsu said water and electricity supplies were in the process of being restored. Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency said the quake was 7.2 magnitude while the U.S. Geological Survey put it at 7.4.
Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in Friday's search for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake, as the death toll rose to 12 while some of ...