Taiwan: After a earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the richter scale hit struck Taiwan’s southeastern coast on Sunday, Japan has issued a tsunami warning.
According to reports, the quake hit at 2.44 pm (0644 GMT) about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the city of Taitung at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said.
At least one building collapsed in the town of Yuli according to reports.
While all four people were rescued from the building, three people whose vehicle fell off a damaged bridge were rescued and taken to hospital.
A 6.6 magnitude quake hit the same region on Saturday and there have been multiple tremors since with minimal damage in what is a mountainous, sparsely populated rural region.
Following this, Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory to remote islands near Taiwan. Waves as high as one metre were expected to arrive around 4 pm (0700 GMT), it added.
The China Earthquake Network Centre said tremors were clearly felt in coastal areas including Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai.
Taiwan is regularly hit by earthquakes as the island lies near the junction of two tectonic plates.
