The death toll in the earthquake in Taiwan increased to 9. This was reported by portal “Zhongshi Xinwenwang.”
According to the publication, the number of people injured as a result of the natural disaster increased to 821.
He was in Taiwan on April 3 was recorded The strongest earthquake of the last 25 years. The province’s meteorological service reported a magnitude 7.2 earthquake with the epicenter about 18 kilometers southwest of Hualien city. At least 26 buildings collapsed on the island. The last time an earthquake of this magnitude occurred on the island was in 1999.
As a result of the earthquake, more than 87 thousand households across Taiwan were left without electricity. Many buildings have collapsed in Hualien and people may be trapped under rubble.
A plastics factory building collapsed in the northern city of Xinbei, prompting Taiwan’s TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, to evacuate employees from some factories.
It was previously known that there were hundreds of people in Taiwan It turned out to be It was blocked in the mountains after the earthquake.