The earthquake struck around 8 a.m. local time and briefly triggered a tsunami warning in parts of Japan and the Philippines.
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Taiwan was struck by its strongest earthquake in more than two decades on Wednesday morning, which caused the deaths of at least four people as dozens of buildings across the island were severely damaged.Key Facts
The epicenter of the quake was in Hualien County on the island’s east coast, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) measuring it at a 7.4 magnitude, while Taiwan’s monitoring agency pegged it at 7.