Not less than 27 folks had been injured when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake – the equal of two atomic bombs – struck the county of Chiayi in southwestern Taiwan quickly after midnight on Tuesday.
The earthquake, which started at 12.17am native time, was recorded at a depth of 9.7km (6.03 miles) with its epicentre in a mountainous, rural space 37.9km (23.5 miles) southeast of Chiayi County Corridor, in accordance with the Central Climate Administration (CWA).
Kuo Kai-wen, a former director of the CWA’s seismology centre, estimated that the power launched by the earthquake was equal to 2 atomic bombs.
The quake jolted the neighbouring cities of Tainan and Kaohsiung within the south, with tremors felt as distant as Taipei, the place high-rise buildings swayed.
No deaths have been reported however dozens of houses and constructions in Chiayi and Tainan had been broken, with some partially collapsed, in accordance with the Taiwanese hearth division. Not less than 27 folks in Chiayi and Tainan suffered minor accidents, it mentioned.
In Chiayi’s Dapu township – the world closest to the epicentre – the county authorities suspended work and courses. Roads had been severely broken, making journey inconceivable, whereas water and electrical energy provides had been additionally disrupted.