Taiwan earthquake: 6.9-magnitude earthquake see all videos and photos

Trains in Taiwan tremble like toys as a result of the Taiwan earthquake.

Because Taiwan is near the meeting point of two tectonic plates, earthquakes occur regularly.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the southeast coast of Taiwan on Sunday. As a result of the strong earthquake, Japan has issued a tsunami warning. The USGS reduced the earthquake’s initial magnitude from 7.2 to 6.9 magnitude.

The earthquake’s impact can be seen also the jolts shake the train standing at a station in a video shared on Twitter by news journalist Umashankar Singh.

When translated into English, his Hindi tweet reads, “See how the train standing at the station started shaking during the earthquake?”

According to Reuters, the earthquake occurred at 2:44 p.m. at a depth of 10 kilometers, approximately 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Taitung. According to the Central News Agency, at least one building collapsed in the village of Yuli (CNA). There have been numerous tremors since an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck the same area on Saturday.

However, the quake on Sunday was much more substantial.

The Meteorological Agency of Japan issued a tsunami warning for remote islands near Taiwan. Also Waves of up to one meter were expected to arrive around 4 p.m. (0700 GMT).

High waves were not immediately visible in live TV footage from the affected islands. According to the China Earthquake Network Center, tremors were felt in coastal areas, including Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, also Shanghai. Because Taiwan is near the meeting point of two tectonic plates, earthquakes occur regularly.

The island is on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity that spans Southeast Asia also the Pacific basin. The deadliest earthquake in Taiwan’s history was a 7.6-magnitude jolt in September 1999, which killed over 2,400 people.