Major Taiwan earthquake triggers tsunami warnings across region

Major Taiwan earthquake triggers tsunami warnings across region

Terra Daily

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Taipei (AFP) April 3, 2024

A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan's east on Wednesday morning, prompting tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island as well as parts of southern Japan and the Philippines. The quake hit just before 8:00am local time (0000 GMT), with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) putting the epicentre 18 kilometres (11 miles) south of Taiwan's Hualien City, at a depth of 34.8 km. Ja

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