Multiple Buildings Collapse In Taiwan After a Pair of Massive 7.4 Earthquakes Strikes Triggering Tsunami Warnings

Update 9 pm PST: Tsunami warnings cancelled. Damage to the capital Taipei not considered excessive, though some buildings lost tiles and windows. Elsewhere in the nation of 22 million, at least 2 apartment buildings collapsed. It is the biggest earthquake to hit the island nation since 1999, when 2500 people died. There are undoubtedly casualties in this 7.4 magnitude temblor.

Tsunami warning issued for Taiwan and the Japanese Okinawa Islands after a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake. Incoming reports of buildings collapsing in Taiwan following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

Multiple buildings have reportedly collapsed in Taiwan following a preliminary 7.5 magnitude earthquake. The video is reportedly from Hualien, Taiwan.

Commuters stopped as the earthquake happened during morning rush hour.

Tsunami warning issued for Taiwan and the Japanese Okinawa Islands after a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

In the United States, the Pacific Tsunami Center told the LA Times that there was no danger of a tsunami in California, from the April 2, 2024 earthquake in Taiwan.

Tsunami warning issued for Taiwan and the Japanese Okinawa Islands after a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake.