Earthquake in Taiwan leaves dead, injured and properties destroyed

A strong earthquake on the east coast of Taiwan left people dead and injured this Wednesday morning (3), local time. According to g1To date, seven deaths and 711 injured people have been recorded.

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The phenomenon is of magnitude 7.7 and tsunami risk alerts were issued for Japan and the Philippines. What is known is that the earthquake is the strongest recorded in the East Asian country in the last 25 years.

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In addition to deaths and injuries, at least 26 buildings collapsed, more than half of which were in the city of Hualien. Authorities in the country say that 77 people were trapped among the rubble of damaged properties.

Landslides were also recorded after the quake. In the capital Taipei, part of the city was left without electricity. The earthquake was also felt in coastal Chinese cities, including Shanghai.

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Earthquake was recorded this Wednesday and left people dead and injured (Photo: g1, Reproduction)

Earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred on the east coast (Photo: g1, Reproduction)

At least seven people died and more than 700 were injured (Photo: g1, Reproduction)

Tremor was recorded in the morning, local time (Photo: g1, Reproduction)

Properties were also destroyed due to the tremor (Photo: g1, Reproduction)

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