The quake hit the Chishang township in rural southeastern Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
Japan’s Meteorological Company issued a tsunami warning for Miyako island within the East China Sea, however the company later eliminated the warning.
Images confirmed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan following the highly effective earthquake. The USGS initially registered it at 7.2, earlier than downgrading it to six.9.
Three individuals are trapped underneath the rubble of 1 constructing, the island’s official Central Information Company (CNA) reported. A fourth particular person was rescued.
About 20 passengers had been evacuated after a prepare derailed within the space, however there have been no casualties from the incident, the Taiwan Railway Administration stated.
Kolas Yotaka, a former presidential spokeswoman who’s working for native elections in Hualien county, stated that damages had been additionally reported at a neighborhood faculty.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen activated the island’s Central Emergency Operation Heart following the quake. Taiwanese residents have been requested to remain alert to keep away from potential aftershocks, Tsai stated in a recorded assertion.
About 110 troopers have additionally been deployed in Hualien county, alongside the island’s jap coast, to help with catastrophe reduction efforts, Taiwan’s protection ministry spokesman Solar Li-fang stated.