“Jesus said, There shall be great earthquakes in divers places.” – Luke 21:11/Matthew 24:7/Mark 13:8
“The earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard…” – Isaiah 24:19-20
DAILY MAIL reports: At least ten people are dead and around one thousand are injured after a powerful earthquake in Taiwan. The quake damaged dozens of buildings and triggered tsunami warnings extending to Japan and the Philippines.
The magnitude-7.4 quake struck just before 8:00 am local time, with the USGS putting the epicentre 18 kilometres (11 miles) south of Hualien City, at a depth of 34.8 kilometres.
Officials said the quake was the strongest to shake the island in over two decades, and they warned of more tremors to come in the days ahead.
Three people among a group of seven on an early-morning hike through the hills that surround the city were crushed to death by boulders loosened by the earthquake, officials said.
Separately, a truck driver died when his vehicle was hit by a landslide as it approached a tunnel in the area, with three others later confirmed dead by Taiwan’s national fire agency.
Social media was awash with shared video and images from around the country of buildings swaying as the quake struck, while others partially collapsed and sprayed debris into the streets.
“The earthquake is close to land and it’s shallow. It’s felt all over Taiwan and offshore islands,” said Wu Chien-fu, director of Taipei’s Central Weather Administration’s Seismology Center.
Strict building regulations and disaster awareness appear to have staved off a major catastrophe for the island, which is regularly hit by earthquakes as it lies near the junction of two tectonic plates.
Wu said the quake was the strongest since a 7.6-magnitude had struck in September 1999, killing around 2,400 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the island’s history… (Continue reading)
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