A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 occurred near the coast of Taiwan.
As reported by Ukrinform, it is written about this Reuters.
It is noted that aftershocks were very well felt in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei, where they caused power outages in several areas of the city.
Due to the earthquake on the Japanese and Philippine islands, the threat of a tsunami was announced.
According to local media, several buildings have collapsed in southern Taiwan and people are under the rubble, but there is no official confirmation of this information yet.
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Japan has advised residents of the coastal zone of southern Okinawa Prefecture to evacuate, as a tsunami of up to 3 meters is expected soon.
Reuters notes that today’s earthquake is the most powerful in Taiwan in the last quarter of a century. When a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the island in 1999, about 2,400 people died and 50,000 buildings were damaged.
As reported by Ukrinform, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 occurred near the Tonga archipelago in Oceania.
Photo: taipeitimes.com
