BREAKING: Magnitude >7 Earthquake hits Taipei

Suhua Highway closed

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I believe Taiwan had inherited some earthquake-resistant construction tech from the Japs.

Wonder what happens when (not if) a big one hits mainland China? :wink:

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2008. Sichuan. 87k fatalities.
1976 Tangshan. Maybe half a million dead. Even gomen dunno how many perished.
 
This earthquake no joke
several foreigners trapped on hiking trails and tunnels.

About 60 of the approximately 77 people trapped after an earthquake struck Taiwan Wednesday are caught in the Jinwen Tunnel in northern Hualien County, Taiwan's National Fire Agency (NFA) said. Separately, 15 people are trapped in the Dachingshui Tunnel, also in northern Hualien County, NFA said, adding that another two were trapped in a third tunnel.

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Emergency crew in Hualien and New Taipei City

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