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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee

Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan, 146 injured

Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, in Yuli, Hualien county, Taiwan September 18, 2022. Taiwan's 0918 Earthquake Central Emergency Operations Centre/Handout via REUTERS

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.

The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor on Saturday evening in the same area, which caused no casualties.

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