A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck this Tuesday, April 2 (April time). Ecuador) the island of Taiwanwhere a tsunami warning has been issued, reported the China Seismological Network Center.
The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 6:58 p.m. Ecuador continental), was located in the sea, near the coast of the county Hualienwith a depth of 15.5 kilometers.
At the moment no fatalities have been officially reported, although unverified images of partially collapsed buildings are already circulating on social networks in Hualienas well as landslides in areas of the eastern coast of the island.
The residents in Taipei They also published on the social network X that the movement was strongly felt in the Taiwanese capital, where the buildings shook continuously for more than a minute.
The metro of the cities of Taipei, Taichung y Kaohsiung suspended its operations for almost an hour due to the earthquake, according to the official Taiwanese agency CNA. In addition, according to the AMC, the tremor was perceived with an intensity of more than five degrees in the counties of Snake (this) and Miaoli (north), and with an intensity of five in the cities of Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan and the county of Hsinchu (north), in addition to the city of Taichung and the counties of Changhua y Nantouin the east of the island.
Tsunami alert
The Central Meteorological Agency (AMC) of Taiwan activated a tsunami alert after the earthquake and urged the population of the coastal areas of the island to be alert and take measures to prevent possible sudden changes in sea level.
Japanese authorities also issued a tsunami warning for the archipelago of Okinawa (south of Japan) by waves of up to 3 meters.
The same measure was taken by the authorities of Filipinas, who activated the tsunami warning on the northern coasts of the archipelago. «Based on tsunami wave models (…) it is expected that the coastal areas of Filipinas in front of Pacific Ocean experience high waves,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology points out in a statement.
According to the agency, the first waves are expected to arrive between 8:33 and 10:33 local time (0.33 and 2.33 GMT) and may continue for hours. The Philippine authorities recommend that the population of the coastal areas of more than twenty provinces “immediately evacuate” their homes and move “to higher areas inland.” EFE
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