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Taiwan hit by 7.2 Moment Magnitude earthquake on Sunday
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Taiwan hit by 7.2 Moment Magnitude earthquake on Sunday

Taiwan was hit by massive earthquakes of heavy magnitude in just 2 days. According to reports, 150 people were injured in this natural disaster. Along with that buildings collapsed due to the heavy strikes of nature's tremors. A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and temporarily trapping four people inside, stranding about 400 tourists on a mountainside, and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks. One person died and nine people had minor injuries, Taiwan’s Emergency Operations Center said. The magnitude 6.8 quake was the largest among dozens that have rattled the island’s southeastern coast. Since Saturday evening when a 6.4 quake struck the same area. Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone t...