Beijing, Sep 18 : A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County at 2:44 p.m.Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter was monitored at 23.15 degrees north latitude and 121.30 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 10 km, Xinhua news agency reported quoting the CENC.
Strong tremor was felt across the island.
A three-storey building in Hualien, whose ground floor was a convenience store, collapsed, trapping some people, according to local media.
A train carriage was turned over by a fallen rain shed in a railway station in Hualien, but all passengers left safe.A bridge fracture left two people injured.The rescue work is underway, according to local media.
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