Taiwan was struck by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake Tuesday evening, the United States Geological Survey reported. The earthquake was detected about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City at a ...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Hualien City, Taiwan, shaking buildings in Taipei. No major damage was reported.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

Myanmar experienced its worst earthquake in a century on March ... also suffered significant damage, including the collapse of a skyscraper crane in Bangkok, which killed the operator.

A tower crane collapse at a construction site in southern Taiwan has killed two people including a Vietnamese worker. All work at the site of a new shopping center has suspended, pending an ...

2). TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A tower crane collapsed at a construction site in Kaohsiung on Sunday (Sept. 1), leading to the death of a Vietnamese foreign worker, with another foreign worker seriously ...

The buildings that collapsed are likely to be ones that hadn’t been retrofitted, experts say. Taiwan’s last major earthquake was in 1999, when a magnitude 7.6 temblor struck about 90 miles ...

That said, this is a known issue in Taiwan, as buildings have collapsed or partially collapsed during earthquakes in 2018, 2016 and 1999, the last time a magnitude 7.3 temblor struck the country.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP ... so hard that “apart from earthquake drills in elementary school, this was the first time I had experienced such a situation.” Hualien was last struck by a deadly quake in 2018, ...

Rescuers are working to free dozens of people trapped after the strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan on Wednesday morning, causing landslides and collapsed buildings.